Beautiful One Day ... Blindsided the Next
David Rowe
The return to leadership by Barnaby Joyce, depicted here with joyriding MPs Matt Canavan and George Christensen, prompted Environment Minister Sussan Ley to comment that the Coalition’s proposed action on global warming would not be undermined by the change. At the time Ley was grappling with the possible ‘in danger’ listing of the Great Barrier Reef.
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