Editorial: Costly climate talkfests make us feel good, so we don’t worry about the cost

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The Labor party, the party of the workers, pledged to look after battlers and strugglers, is on the case of climate action.

A trip to the supermarket costs more, jobs are disappearing, home loans are slicing ever-deeper into household budgets. But we Aussies are tough. Resourceful too. We visit different stores for the best deal. We hunt out specials. We avoid unnecessary car trips using costly fuel. Still, we do sometimes wake up early wondering how we would go if we lost our job — like the bloke down the road — and whether AI will steal our kids’ jobs. But then we remind ourselves that the Labor Party, the party of the workers, pledged to look after battlers and strugglers, is on the case.

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