Malcolm Turnbull is DUMPED from his new climate change job after public outrage at the unpopular ex-PM's plum new gig - as he whines that 'right wing thuggery' cost him the plum role
Malcolm Turnbull has been dumped from his new job as the NSW government's climate change tsar after widespread public ridicule at the appointment.
NSW Climate Change minister Matt Kean was forced into an embarrassing backflip on Tuesday over his decision to appoint the unpopular former prime minister as chair of the Net Zero Emissions and Clean Economy Board.
Mr Kean said in a statement that the position should be 'focus should not be on personality'.
'It is important that the focus is on achieving these outcomes, based on facts, technology, science, and economics,' he said in a statement on Tuesday.
'The focus should not be on personality,' he said.
The decision came after Mr Turnbull objected to the NSW Government approving new and extensions of mines in the Hunter, a decision he says will cause 'massive devastation'.
The former prime minister responded by saying he was 'disappointed' and labelling it 'thuggery' on behalf of the media.
'The right-wing media, they cracked the whip as bullies do, and got their way,' Mr Turnbull told Fairfax.
'In actions like these, you have to ask, 'who's in charge?'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9439093/Malcolm-Turnbull-DUMPED-NSW-climate-change-job.html