G20 host’s fury over Barack Obama jab on climate and coal

The Australian ^ | 19th November 2014 | Dennis Shanahan

[naturalman1975]

THE Queensland government, as host of last weekend’s G20 ­summit, is incensed over what it sees as an ill-informed, insulting speech from Barack Obama about climate change, the Great Barrier Reef and coal.

Federal Coalition members are also angry at the US President’s public intervention in the Australian climate change debate at the G20 last Saturday, when most of his remarks in the summit’s closed session on energy, where the issue was discussed, were devoted to US gas supplies and production that have been boosted by coal-seam gas and shale oil.

Tony Abbott told the G20 session that the “four-fifths” of the ­developed world that had used fossil fuels for economic growth could not now deny “the other fifth” ­access to coal to generate electricity for the hundred million people who were without it.

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What most angered Newman government MPs was that the state had “bent over backwards” to find a venue and audience in keeping with Mr Obama’s late request to speak to a large number of young people.

The University of Queensland, where Mr Obama spoke on Saturday, was outside the secure area in the Brisbane CBD and added greatly to the inconvenience for city residents.

Senior Queensland government sources said yesterday that Mr Obama had been welcomed and accommodated but he then cited contentious claims about the Great Barrier Reef and adopted ­arguments against coal in a mining state.

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On Sunday, Premier Campbell Newman said he was not about to “criticise our guest” but added that Mr Obama had relied on misinformation and he would tell US officials about what was “actually going on with the reef”.

[jwalsh07]

Welcome to our mucked up world sir.

[TigersEye]

Ill-informed and insulting are 0bungwad’s only talents beyond lying.

[Red Badger]

[Former Proud Canadian]

So the Aussies set up a venue for this guy to speak and he kicks them in the teeth.

Welcome to Obamaville.

[Parley Baer]

Now you know first hand what POS our President is.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Don't the Aussies realize that Obola is the smartest man in the world?

[skeeter]

The kenyan clown car’s in town

[Georgia Girl 2]

Tony he’s an equal opportunity offender. He offends the US citizenry on a daily basis.

[Reddy]

zero. A disgrace to our country.

I cannot wait until that @#$%^&* is out of office.

[gov_bean_ counter]

Maybe Prince Obie would like to go swimming just beyond the Great Barrier Reef...

[Craftmore]

so good to see obamagube enhancing our status with other countries

[colorado tanker]

He’s alienated so many friends of America he had to fly to the other side of the world to do this one.

[MeshugeMikey]

he who someone was allegedly waiting for,,,,,,

[Grampa Dave]

Gorebull Warming strikes America on 11/18/2014.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Now you Aussies know what we Americans have to put up with every day.

[AngelesCrestHighway]

How not to organize a community by Barry Dingbat Obama...

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Hey, you forgot his Panther Whizz!

[Norm Lenhart]

Other world leaders speaking out? Welcome to the party pal. Don’t invite him anymore. Isolate the POS and force ‘US” to remove him as a precondition to rejoining the world.

Think of it as tough love to a wayward child.