As I have also said in one of the recent climate change threads, our change of government has now meant that we have a dramatic increase in the likelihood of taking positive steps towards environmental remediation. Not having a government and a PM who are in climate change denial is a huge step forward.

Aussie voters have political fatigue from banging their heads against the brick wall that is conservative climate change denial, and that as well as some other extremely important issues led to the change of government in May.

Also, bear in mind that the population of Oz (26 million) is significantly less than the population of the U.S. (335 million) so the mechanics of politics are massively different.