31 May

The irony here of a party representing the original land-grabbers in modern Australia, the huge 19th century stealing of most of the continent (and its communities) by the early pastoralists building their empires, often by force. Who then trashed the landscape, washing most of it out to sea via erosion, and now have the chutzpah to talk about windmills ruining the view over their eroded wasteland. The Nats could cease to exist at the next election, if polls are a guide. They know that ‘community consultation’ is just code for ‘bury the thing in endless debates and arguments’. There was none when the coal-fired plants were rolled out, nobody cared. They couldn’t care less about communities. They’re trying to save themselves.