Tony Abbot’s controversial budget may not have been successful busted but the fire for a double dissolution election may have been already lit. This is because the Australian Greens Party have a reason to celebrate over the senate refusing to abolish Clean Energy Finance Corporation, which means that Tony Abbott has now twice failed to abolish through the Parliament.
“The Senate won’t stand for Tony Abbott’s head-in-the-sand approach on global warming, and we’re not afraid of a double dissolution election over renewable energy,” said Greens Leader Senator Christine Milne. “It’s time for Mr Abbott to give up. The CEFC is an excellent institution that should stay.”
Senator Milne explained that the Abbott government has admitted the CEFC is profitable, but they’re so driven by ideology that they want to wipe their hands of it and sell it off. It’s just further proof that there is no budget emergency.
“Tony Abbott is a ‘crash or crash through’ Prime Minister, and he’s set to crash over these attempts to undo Australia’s action on global warming and undermine our core values with his brutal budget. It’s now more clear than ever that this Prime Minister does not have the skills to negotiate with the cross bench in the Senate, so you can expect that huge parts of his agenda will be blocked.” Senator Milne commented