In the wake of Bernie Fraser’s resignation from the Climate Change Authority, Professor Clive Hamilton, in The Conversation (14.9.15), asks where the future lies for the Authority:
‘For more than a year the Government has chosen not to replace the four members who resigned soon after it took office. There is a logic to this – after all, it has said it has no confidence in the Authority, so why spend public funds on new appointments? And perhaps the most relevant question is: who would agree to be appointed by the government in such a situation anyway?