Mike Minehan
The Worst Communicator in Australia Award goes to Climate Change Minister Penny Wong.
Wong’s 2009 Award is for failing to adequately explain exactly how the proposed Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) for greenhouse gasses will work in Australia.
This legislation has had more twists and turns than the Princess Highway – thanks largely to intensive lobbying by Australia’s mining and power lobbies.
And why will Australians have to pay the biggest greenhouse polluters $11.7 billion in assistance to help them meet the costs of the ETS? (Sydney Morning Herald, 7 Nov., 2009, News Review, p1).
Australians deserve clear explanations.
Mike Minehan, 9 Oct., 2009. |
