Updated: Australia’s new deputy PM casts shadow over 2050 net zero emissions ambition
Updated: 5.30pm (AEDT)Canberra, AustraliaReuters A climate change sceptic will be Australia’s new deputy prime minister after a leadership revolt in the coalition government’s minor party, making it harder for Prime Minister Scott Morrison to achieve a commitment of zero net emissions by 2050. Australia’s reliance on coal-fired power makes it one of the world’s largest […]
Former Australian Deputy Prime Minister Tim Fischer dies at 73
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Former Australian Deputy Prime Minister Tim Fischer, whose rural voter base was critical for the introduction of tough gun control laws in the aftermath of the country’s worst mass shooting in 1996, has died aged 73. Fischer was the quintessential, laconic rural Australian, always wearing a rabbit-skin Akubra hat. He described campaigning for […]