Climate sense from Miranda Devine

One of the very few journalists who actually supports the line Steve Fielding is taking on the climate debate, in contrast to the distasteful mudslinging that has been going on this past week.

Fielding, who has an MBA from Monash University as well as an engineering degree from RMIT, is confident enough in his analytical ability not to be intimidated by overbearing experts into outsourcing policy to them.

Swamped with emails from the public encouraging him in his quest for answers, he says he is motivated by "trying to do what's right by Australian workers and families, [which] is enough inspiration to get this decision right".

Of course, he has been pilloried for being diligent enough to do the job he was elected to do.

He has been derided by people without any training in mathematics or scientific disciplines, who regard science, probably, as they do their computers - as a little black box to be understood only by an elite council of infallible gurus who are incapable of impure motives. Who is the gullible one?

Read it here.