Climate Home: When Malcolm Turnbull ousted Tony Abbott as prime minister last month, climate watchers were hopeful he would reverse Australias coal-friendly stance.
There was some sign of that this week, as newly appointed chief science advisor Alan Finkel envisioned a world free of fossil fuels. Yet it has been business as usual for the country`s bullish mine expansion plans, which threaten international climate goals.
That is despite 61 prominent Australians, from rugby player David Pocock to Nobel laureate...