Wonder if they’ll do the same stunt with uranium
Comment on Coalition tells Cop28 it will back tripling of nuclear energy if Peter Dutton becomes prime minister
jmd_akbar@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Weren’t you idiots the ones who brought coal into the parliament office and we’re brandishing it as “clean”?
Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
Zoop@beehaw.org 9 months ago
Lmao that’s like when one of the awful US senators of the state of Oklahoma (basically Texas but worse) brought a snowball onto the Senate floor as ‘proof’ that ‘global warming isn’t a thing.’ How absolutely ridiculous. I’m sorry you guys have to deal with nonsense like that, too.
Minarble@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Fun fact the coal prop used was washed and sealed with a coat of lacquer
smh.com.au/…/our-coal-fondling-pm-switches-his-pr…
“As was pointed out at the time, the coal must have been lacquered – touching raw coal covers you in black dust. Morrison didn’t want to get his hands dirty. “
rainynight65@feddit.de 9 months ago
According to this article, the lump of coal was supplied by the Minerals Council. If I recall correctly, it was one of their exhibits, so it had been sealed for that purpose. They didn’t specifically prep a fresh lump of coal just so he could take it into the chamber.
Minarble@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Here’s one we prepared earlier…