David McKnight writes in The Weekend Australian 11-12 December:
‘The Australian is undoubtedly the most serious newspaper in Australia and its record on climate change matters because of this. More importantly its stance matters because of the civilisational challenge that climate change presents to Australia and the world.
This was recognised by the chief executive officer of News Corporation Rupert Murdoch who warned in 2007 that climate change posed “clear catastrophic threats”.
Graham Lloyd The Australian’s new environment editor argues that The Australian has had a longstanding support for a global response to limit greenhouse gas emissions.
Editor-in-chief Chris Mitchell told Crikey last week that “for several years the paper has accepted manmade climate change as fact.”
The challenge posed by climate change to our economy and society is profound. The role of a serious national newspaper is to give leadership on such issues.