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G7 shows Australia isolated on coal: Newcastle Herald letters and short takes June 18 2021

By Letters to the Editor
June 18 2021 - 4:30am

AT international gatherings such as the G7, Australia is now routinely described as "isolated" on climate change. Scott Morrison seems unconcerned. He has no doubt calculated there is still enough domestic political mileage in being a maverick. However if, as seems likely, more and more countries impose "carbon border tariffs", the prime minister's resolve, such as it is, will quickly evaporate. It's one thing to say we're not going to be pushed around by other countries; it's quite another to explain to our own industries why they're being pushed out of their overseas markets.

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