Tony Abbott's climate change speech 'loopy', says Labor

Tanya Plibersek says Abbott’s speech to climate sceptics in London was ‘actually just weird stuff’

Tony Abbott has “left the realm of the merely destructive and entered the realm of the loopy”, Labor says, after his provocative speech arguing climate change was “probably doing good”.

The deputy Labor leader Tanya Plibersek said on Tuesday Abbott’s speech to a group of climate sceptics in London was “actually just weird stuff from the former prime minister” at a time when the government was trying to settle its energy policy.

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