St Albo of the lost cause

September 3, 2025

Let’s get real about greenhouse gas emissions; they are a damper on productivity. They are instrumental in the function of the global ecosystem. As things stand today, the taxpayer is picking up the cost of the destruction, caused by an unstable environment, as well as the toxic pollution from the forever chemicals that actually present a bigger threat to life on our planet than rising temperatures and sea levels.

From lost lives, homes and livelihoods to inflated prices and insurance premiums, they shell out while the corporations creating them are laughing all the way to the bank. Then there’s the time lost too, and the cost of the medical issues associated with our industrialised lifestyle. Any government that ignores this truth is failing in its entrusted duty.

The tunnel vision demonstrated at Labor’s roundtable can only lead to more financial inequality for the long-suffering Australian taxpayer. Whether it’s affected by timidity, complacency or delusion is inconsequential. An inequitable and inadequate response to the real and present danger of an overheated atmosphere and toxic ecology looms as Anthony Albanese’s legacy.