Election result should force Labor to rethink its climate change policies

By Jeremy Sammut
May 19 2019 - 7:00pm
Climate fail: Independent candidate for Warringah Zali Steggall celebrates her victory over Tony Abbott on Saturday night. Her win was built on the issue of climate change, which failed to sway voters in much of the rest of the country. Photo: AAP
Climate fail: Independent candidate for Warringah Zali Steggall celebrates her victory over Tony Abbott on Saturday night. Her win was built on the issue of climate change, which failed to sway voters in much of the rest of the country. Photo: AAP

The Coalition's stunning re-election victory is obviously a triumph for Prime Minister Scott Morrison. His campaign strategy of making economic management and the Labor Party's big-target, big-taxing, transformative agenda the key election issues was a spectacular success.