WARRINGAH mayor Michael Regan says he is frustrated by the Federal Opposition’s approach to climate change, saying coastal areas such as Warringah will be among the worst to suffer if actions to mitigate the effects of climate change are not taken immediately.
In a thinly-veiled dig at Opposition leader and Warringah MP Tony Abbott, Cr Regan said arguments about whether dealing with climate change is a tax or a cost are akin to Nero fiddling while Rome burns.
Mr Abbott has repeatedly said a carbon emissions trading scheme is just “a great big, new tax” the Federal Government will inflict on the nation. He said a Coalition government will not introduce an emissions trading scheme but will soon announce other measures to mitigate the effects of climate change.
Cr Regan said Mr Abbott’s attitude “frustrates the hell out of me”.
Extract: Manly Daily
