Published: August 14, 2018
The Coalition tries to compartmentalise the drought from the energy debate. But the public doesn’t buy it
Back in the days when we thought the world would be obliterated in a nuclear conflict, there was a coarse metaphor to describe the build-up of arms in the name of deterrence. It was along the lines of “fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity”.*
Australian politics is currently gripped by a similar logic inversion, with the elected representatives of drought-affected farmers going to the barricades to fight for coal.
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