Malcolm Turnbull links bushfires to climate change in thinly veiled swipe at Scott Morrison as he posts a picture from the window of his flight back into Sydney
- Ex-prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has taken his latest swipe at his successor
- Scott Morrison disputes climate change is cause of nightmare bushfire season
- Turnbull shared photo of smoke-shrouded Sydney as he flew into the city
- ‘We have to accelerate the move to zero-emission energy,’ Mr Turnbull wrote
- Mr Turnbull has repeatedly criticised Scott Morrison’s climate change policies
Ex-prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has linked bushfires to climate change as he took another thinly veiled swipe at his successor Scott Morrison.
The former Liberal Party leader shared a photo of Sydney shrouded in bushfire smoke as he flew back into the city following a trip to Singapore.
Mr Turnbull – who has spoken out against Mr Morrison’s climate change policy multiple times in recent months – called for Australia to accelerate the move to renewable energy.
Ex-prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has linked bushfires to climate change as he posted a photo of Sydney (pictured) shrouded in a smoke haze
Mr Turnbull – who has spoken out against Mr Morrison’s climate change policy multiple times in recent months – called for Australia to accelerate the move to renewable energy
Mr Turnbull’s comments come after he criticised the Liberal Party’s climate change policies as incoherent in recent weeks
‘I have flown back into Sydney many times but never to a sight like this,’ he wrote alongside the Instagram photo on Friday morning.
‘The reality of climate change – hotter and drier means more fires.
‘We have to accelerate the move to zero-emission energy. It will mean a safer planet for our children and more affordable energy.’
Mr Turnbull’s comments come after he criticised the Liberal Party’s climate change policies as incoherent in recent weeks.
He told a private function of moderate factional allies they must be ‘loud Australians’ on climate policies.
The declaration has been interpreted as a direct rebuke to Mr Morrison, who credits ‘quiet Australians’ for his federal election win.
Mr Morrison has disputed that changing climate conditions have anything to do with the severity of the recent bushfires (pictured bushfire near Mangrove Mountain north of Sydney on Thursday)
Mr Morrison has disputed that changing climate conditions have anything to do with the severity of the recent bushfires.
Others have blamed a lack of hazard-reduction burning in the lead-up to bushfire season, including New South Wales Deputy Premier John Barilaro.
‘We need to do more hazard reduction, (burning) in national parks to manage the fuel load,’ he told The Australian last month.
The thick smoke blanketing Sydney is expected to remain until Saturday as two fires rage on the city’s fringe.