Stern report ‘cobbling’ suggestion rejected

The Australian Prime Minister, Mr John Howard, has rejected suggestions that his Government has “cobbled together” its responses on climate change.

This leaves Australian political observers to speculate on just what approach the PM has used to formulate the Government’s policy response. Widely tipped are:

• whiteboarding with officials from Treasury and business peak bodies
• random selection from a range of conservative alternatives
• asking Janette what she thinks is best