Dear reader, there’s something unerringly familiar about the new Resources Minister Mathew Canavan. But for the life of me I just can’t put my finger on it. Still it’s great to see some new talent in the Turnbull front bench. Young blood to demonstrate that we’re alive to the thrill of innovation, new opportunities and the exploration of new technologies to take full advantage of the “Ideas Boom”.
Mathew. Man of action! Visionary!
It really demonstrates something exciting about this exciting new ministry and Mathew, another ambitious Queenslander knows just what it takes to convert this country’s potential into something beyond slogans. He’s right, when he speaks, because he tells us something we already know. We have the potential to lead the world. Though I still have this sensation that he’s strangely familiar we must accept the truth. Mathew IS the new face of Innovation in Australia. Why else would the PM for ideas booming and innovation put him there.
Two ambitious Queenslanders saving the Turnbull Government from lefty moderates. You think global warming is hot? Try a coalition sausage sizzle.
We apologise for taking take some quotes and paraphrasing some of the excellent things Mathew indicated to the Guardian that would ensure we as a nation embraced a twenty first century economy. A Resource Minister needs vision. And it’s exciting, just as Josh, has hybridized energy and environment, so Mathew has got some pretty big plans for industry, and resources. Let us be open minded and read his recent quotes, and I’ve got to say again there’s this reassuring ring of familiarity. I feel that I’ve seen him before, but cant put my finger on it.
On Coal Mathew said; ‘there is still a level of uncertainty about the impact of carbon emissions on global warming’ and described Adani as an “incredibly exciting project” for Australia’. Canavan, has previously called for funding for climate change sceptic scientists.
On global warming Mathew says; “certain interest groups are exaggerating the effects of carbon emissions. There is a lot about the climate system we don’t understand, a lot of assumptions we have to make with projections of course. I just feel we should all be a little more humble about our climate and our system. To think that we know it all and exactly how to finetune the temperature, to talk of half a degree of temperature that we could somehow manage that and hit that target, we don’t understand all the impacts.”
On global responsibility he said; ‘climate policy changes impacted “real people’s lives” and moving to 100% renewables was naive. We do understand that making some policy changes have real world impacts on real people’s lives, it would cause people to be very poor if we completely cut fossil fuels out of the world economy. There is still more than a billion people without access to electricity in our world and these are real world issues we need to be adult about.”
Mathew, saving the third world
And on books and writing, Canavan, an economist has previously worked at the Productivity Commission, which has done a lot to make books cheaper, so that authors can go broke.
Mathew as a previous incarnation.
It proves Turnbull’s commitment to thinking, and making Australia truly progressive. And not cave into the lobbying of special interest groups or big business.
Now I know where I’ve seen him. Prophetically it was his image on a wall that I recognise. His return is salvation for both Australia, and his alter ego ‘Bernie”. Bernie briquette gave us warmth and light. Bernie was good for humanity. He is our saviour. Returned to us. This is the second coming. He’s here!!!