And then we have that extraordinary statement to the Sydney Morning Herald, which is one of my favourites. On 28 July, when asked about an emissions trading scheme, a Liberal source said to Phil Coorey:

We were staring at an electoral abyss. We had to pretend we cared.

And then, of course, we have the member for Tangney’s real position. He says global warming has been exposed as a massive fraud which the public has been duped into believing. His ultimate solution is: ‘Why don’t we put a shade cloth into orbit?’ I believe that says it all.