Errors in IPCC climate science

For overseas readers the Australian Liberal party is right wing – (unlike your small “l” liberals in the USA). The Libs form our Federal opposition with the smaller even more right wing rural based National Party. The left wing Australian Labor Party forms the Federal Govt now under Prime Mimister Kevin Rudd after elections in 2007.

The byelections – both in safe Liberal seats - Bradfield in Sydney and Higgins in Melbourne were due to prominent Liberals resigning from parliament.
In a post below “Conservative party in Australia elects a new leader – only just” – I run through events leading up to the Liberal party earlier last week electing a new leader, Tony Abbott, who is more right wing and more of a “climate sceptic” than Malcolm Turnbull who he replaced.
All week the MSM has been in a lather of anticipation at the thought that the Greens might ride some wave of community anger after the Liberals voted down the Rudd Govt ETS scheme in the Senate last week. This notion has been shown to be wishful thinking – considering Labor did not stand in either byelection – the Greens results are pretty mediocre. Voters showed by pretty much maintaining the Liberal vote of 2007 that there is no significant backlash against the new Liberal leader Tony Abbott – so much for the Green-Left propaganda that climate scepticism is some kiss of death.
A quick word about the tiny fledgling Climate Sceptics party who stood as independents in both seats (Bill Koutalianos in Bradfield and Stephen Murphy in Higgins) both polled under 2% – less than the SEX party. It has not got easy for TSC party now the Liberals have a mildly sceptical stance on “IPCC climate change”.
Finally, I predict there will be less talk about a “double dissolution” election now and we will get a normal federal election late next year.
The Australian Parliament is bicameral with the Senate being a “states house” which reviews legislation from the lower house – each state has 12 senators regardless of population and half are elected for ~8 year terms at each ~4 year election for the House of Representatives. The house of reps is more democratic with ~equal sized electorates and is where Govts. are formed. Australian voters tend to be a little untrusting of their politicians and often (as now) do not give the Govt a Senate majority. A double dissolution election can be called by a Govt if the Senate repeatedly refuses to pass bills – then all senators are tipped out at once – and when parliament resumes the Govt can call a joint sitting of parliament to pass the blocked legislation – quite an event.