That,my friends,has now changed. I have signed up to the monarchy.
The Queen was not amused by those who were reluctant to attend the Glasgow COP26 summit. But Scott Morrison has now confirmed his attendance.Composite
It took one hot minute for the Prime Minister to decide to attend the in Glasgow after news broke both the Queen and her usual follow-up act,Prince Charles,were most displeased at climate inaction by world leaders,. If only they could sort the Nationals.
Sometimes you just need a higher power to intervene on your behalf and your prayers are answered.. Shame the Prime Minister ignores the higher powers of his constituents.
I reckon if She can get Morrison to go to Glasgow,then the monarchy is definitely worth supporting 100 per cent. (Apologies to all First Nations people. I know it looks like I’m siding with the oppressors but unless Morrison goes with an open mind,open heart and real targets to Glasgow,none of us will have Country of any kind.) I am less sorry for my friends in the Australian Republican Movement,invisible since the referendum.
The Queen was caught on microphone saying "it's really irritating when they talk but don't do."
She’s not the only higher power on whom we should rely. If you are my age,you probably haven’t spent much time listening toA Rational Fear, the podcast of Australian comedian Dan Ilic. He has an important higher power,being funny in difficult circumstances. As of last week,his humour is the least important thing about him. He’s single-handedly provided as much negative international publicity for this government’s hopeless environment policy as all our professional environmental campaigners put together by crowdfunding to buy space on the biggest billboard in Times Square,known as. For 10 minutes,in New York’s busy entertainment district,he scored all those eyeballs for uncomfortable messages about Australia,climate denial,burning kangaroos and Coal-o-phile Dundee. That had the knock-on effect of delivering Godzillions of extra eyeballs through Ilic’s interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper where the comic told thousands of international viewers Australia was a “global pariah” on the world stage.
“We’re up there with Russia and Saudi Arabia[as the]. So naturally,we cheat and disassemble and obfuscate our way through these climate talks every time they happen.”
While Ilic wanted to attack the government’s extreme inaction,he was also attempting to defend the (and probably 100 per cent of everyone under 18) who want the Coalition to do more:to show this government is not representing the rest of Australia;″Dear World ... yeah,look ... sorry about our government bullsh--ing you about our emissions targets. Kind regards,People of Australia.″
Turns out he was not kidding. Social researcher,author ofHow To Talk About Climate Change, has spent 18 months talking to undecided voters in Australia’s rural and regional communities. They aren’t 100 per cent with anointed spokesdenier Barnaby Joyce. Instead,again and again across seats throughout Australia,our citizens want action,she says. In those 18 months,she’s seen a big shift from meh to,ohmigod,we are so behind the rest of the world.
“We don’t want to be Scandinavia,but we don’t want to be the Arab Emirates either,” she says. “We want to be at the party with all the cool people.”
Don’t think the Queen can use her higher powers to excommunicate people even though she’s the supreme governor of the Church of England,but maybe she could call on the one powerful being who knows climate change is a threat:God. Or his earthly representative,. (Turns out) Maybe Francis can get Barnaby on the line and in line. We’ll need God and Queen if we want to save the country. Sign me up.
Jenna Price is a visiting fellow at the Australian National University.