How Fairfax gives the Climate Change Authority a green-wash Fairfax reporter Adam Morton on the Climate Change Authority's claim that Australia must cut its emissions by more than either Labor or Liberal have said: These are not the musings of a group of far-left greenies. The authority is chaired by former Reserve Bank chairman Bernie Fraser and includes views from across the spectrum, including serious business minds Heather Ridout, former Tomago Aluminium head John Marlay and AustralianSuper chairwoman Elana Rubin. On the basis of just that one paragraph I wouldn't trust a thing Morton says about global warming. For a start, the views of the authority do not come from "across the spectrum," but from a range of warmists chosen by Labor Climate Change Minister Greg Combet. Second, those Morton names include Fraser, a die-hard Labor man whose work has included negotiating between Labor and unions, Ridout, who was the go-to business representative for the Rudd Government, and Rubin, who was appointed by the Australian Council of Trade Unions to be its representative on the Australian Super board. But third and most telling are the names Morton didn't mention. Other members of the nine-person authority board include militant warmist David Karoly, whose paper claiming unprecedented warming of Australasia had to be withdrawn; professional ethicist Clive Hamilton, the former Greens candidate who argues we may need a "suspension of democratic processes" to deal with warming; and hard-Left economist John Quiggin, an alarmist who thought the carbon tax would make five times more difference to warming than even the most optimistic warmist scientists believed. Had Morton added those names to his paragraph, it would rather have spoiled his argument - but would have better informed his audience. Note the choice Morton made.