Commentary
What is it about the thought processes of the policymakers in our capital cities?
Australia’s capital city and its government—the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Legislative Assembly—are seriously exploring ways to cement a Grand Canyon-like disconnect between the people and lofty ideas.
Currently, the latest thought bubble to hit the ACT’s Legislative Assembly is to ban petrol- and diesel-powered motor vehicles from Canberra’s city centre, and only allow electric cars. A city that, because of its low population, can boast the cleanest air of any capital city in Australia.
Yet it reeks of “virtue signalling” by city leaders by jumping on the bandwagon of London City’s Lord Mayor Sadiq Khan’s C40 Cities network, which describes itself as a “global network … of the world’s leading cities that are united in action to confront the climate crisis.”…