Julie Bishop's hypocrisy at extreme!

Comments on Julie Bishop “What the Government Does Not Tell You (Part 2) - China and Climate Change”, 16/03/2011, http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/blogs/the-bishops-gambit/what-the-government-does-not-tell-you-part-2--china-and-climate-change/20110316-1bw8l.html


Julie Bishop is making a huge mistake and a serious error of judgement here in denying China's ambitious actions and efforts and demanding that China should instead reduce its emission levels absolutely now.

It just shows her innocence in international affairs and her lack of knowledge of international politics of climate change and actions on emissions reduction.

Her article will actually undermine her party’s cause in fighting Gillard’s carbon tax. To the most, she might get a few supporters at the expense of losing more.

She should quickly get on top of her portfolio including on international politics of climate change. Otherwise she is more likely to lose her portfolio of shadow foreign affairs and possibly her deputy position out of non-performing and a negative drag.

China is a developing countries and its level of emissions is only a fraction of that of ours on the per capita level!

However, it has planned huge reductions in its emissions intensity over the coming decade.

Even with Bishop’s hyperbole on the growth of China’s emission levels by 2020, its per capita level of emissions will still be a fraction of that of Australia’s.

She is talking about what the government does not tell us. But why Bishop doesn’t mention the per capita level differences now and in 2020 between ours and China’s?

Isn’t it hypocrisy at the extreme?