Ben Fordham has highlighted the hypocrisy in Malcolm Turnbull’s position on coal and fossil fuels.

Mr Turnbull has joined forces with former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to condemn Australia’s net zero 2050 pledge.

The two leaders have written to our Pacific neighbours apologising that Australia isn’t doing enough.

Mr Turnbull will be heading to the United Nations conference in Glasgow.

He has claimed on a number of occasions this year that Australia must urgently stop mining and using coal and gas.

However, Ben says this is a major shift from when Malcolm was Prime Minister:

In 2015 Malcolm Turnbull said:

“If Australia stopped exporting coal, the countries to which we export it would simply buy it from somewhere else.”

“And if we stopped our exports- it would not reduce global emissions one iota. In fact, arguably it would increase them – because our coal, by and large, is cleaner than the coal in many other countries.”

In 2017 Mr Turnbull said:

“Those people who say there’s no future for fossil fuels are delusional.”

And in his 2017 speech to the National Press Club, Mr Turnbull said:

“Every analysis that is done… forecast a role for coal long into the future. There are new coal-fired power stations being built around the world.

“Coal will have a role to play for many decades into the future.”

“Malcolm, how short do you think our memories are?” Ben said.

“All of a sudden you’re the Greta Thunberg of Australian politics.

“He’s motivated by revenge, he’s fuelled by hatred of his own party and he’s going to do everything in his power to damage Australia on the world stage.”

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