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Will Malcolm 3.0 take on the anti-solar brigade in his party, like Malcolm 1.0 did?<\/p><\/div>\n

Last week we touched on<\/a> how the newly-elected Malcolm Turnbull could take on the anti-renewables wing of his party to implement sensible and far-reaching reforms. This week we look at whether Mal 3.0 has the stomach for the fight…and what this means for solar power policy in Australia.<\/p>\n

Turnbull has been accused by his enemies both within the party and without of being a ditherer. One who loves power (according to the critics) yet is so busy making deals to do anything useful with it. He has managed to put offside progressive critics who denounce his cave-ins on renewable energy, same-sex marriage and the republic, as well as from the right.<\/p>\n

Solar advocates would mostly agree with this character assessment. The Malcolm 2.0 experiment, since the rolling of Tony Abbott, has mostly seen the continuation of the anti-renewable drive started by one of the most unpopular PMs ever to park himself on the Treasury benches.<\/p>\n

Conspiracy theorists have gone as far as to say the \u201cboom and bust\u201d mentality has been implemented deliberately to nobble the renewables industry in Australia. Whether or not this is the case, the uncertainty over renewables has put a hold on investment in large-scale projects as funding from conservative financiers such as big banks dries up.<\/p>\n

If he is serious about achieving important climate goals and cobble together a meaningful clean energy policy that will reduce carbon emissions by 2030, he better get a move on. This according to Frank Jotzco, Director at the Centre for Climate Economics and Policy, Australian National University (ANU).<\/p>\n

In a 13 July article<\/a> in The Conversation\u00a0Jotzco argues for forward-thinking climate and energy policy.<\/p>\n

\u201cTurnbull has a chance to help position Australia for a future in which the carbon-intensive way of doing things is on the way out. We will see whether he chooses to do so \u2013 and whether his party room will let him.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cWhether his party room will let him\u201d. Is this an indictment of the PM\u2019s lack of power to implement change? Our version of a dead duck presidency beholden to the resurgent right?<\/p>\n

Malcolm 3.0 is a shadow of the pro-clean energy, progressive Malcolm 1.0, being driven to policies written by fossil fuel lobbyists.<\/p>\n

We, the people, should demand that our PM grow a pair and confront \u2014 and defeat \u2014 the anti-renewables right on \u00a0issues as important\u00a0as solar policy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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