Liar from the Shire returns to lie

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We know that the reason last week’s French demolition of Scott Morrison was so damaging is that it rang true to Australians:

So, what does Toxic Morrison do the moment he steps off the aeroplane? Lies:

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And launches a new Carbon Corruption Tax to pork-barrel:

Scott Morrison will launch a $1bn investment fund to fast-track low-emissions technologies including carbon capture and storage and methane-reducing livestock feed, setting up a pre-election clash with Anthony Albanese over the ­government’s plan for net-zero emissions by 2050.

The low-emissions technology commercialisation fund will ­require legislation to pump $500m of seed capital into the Clean Energy Finance Corporation and the government is considering tying it to its stalled Grid Reliability Fund in a bid to wedge Labor months out from the election.

Toxic Morrison needs intensive psychotherapy, not a country to ruin.

Albo looking good on this:

About the author
David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.