Hmmm, I think governments are more often than not interested in appeasing powerful vested interests, such as fossil fuel producers, gaming and racing lobbies etc. If they were getting us to what is "best" we wouldn't have half the issues we do today
P.S I don't claim all boomers are winners ;)

I had to Google this to check it wasn't AI-generated fake news!

Drill, baby, drill 😢

It's a good piece, but how would a genuinely multi-issue Greens party appeal to a wider audience to get lower house seats when Labour has the centre-left(ish) tied up. I'm happy to see the ALP pushed on climate action from the Senate

Ah, the media. The AFR keeps referring to the Libs as "centre-right". The centre has been out of sight for a very long time - including from the AFR!

Totally agree they need to crack on, especially on climate. But a functioning democracy needs different (reasonable, rational) points of view. I hope the Independents can fill that role now, but they are an eclectic mix.