Turnbull hardening against ETS?

Let's hope so. The ABC reports that Malcolm Turnbull has attacked the Government's climate change policy ahead of the release of the economic modelling on the impact of an ETS.

The Opposition says the modelling is months late and does not take into account the turmoil in global financial markets.

Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull says the Government should not be rushing to introduce an emissions trading scheme in 2010.

"It's likely to be economically very damaging and environmentally very ineffective so a lose-lose [situation]," he said.

"It's important to put Australia first to be environmentally effective and economically responsible."

Dead right, and all he needs to do now is drop his agreement to a "carbon" copy of the ETS (excuse the pun), merely delayed by a couple of years, and we'll be making progress. Come on Malcolm, we're all counting on you to put an end to this madness.

Read it here.