Sounds like the kind of thought leadership that led to this: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-62217390

A triumph of thoughtlessness and of greed, I'd say, both at national and international scales.

Note that the previous Australian government withheld this state-of-the-environment report from release for more than the 6 months prior to our election this past May. Of course, this delay had nothing to do with the fear that the report's findings might influence voter thoughts on polling day?

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