Australia's Prime Minister, Scott Morrison led a barrage against the media yesterday (February 25) talking about and promoting his government's latest effort in the climate change space - the "Climate Solutions Fund" (CSF).

Few commentators had much to say in support of the CSF and the frequently used phase was "putting lipstick on a pig" as most considered it was a reboot of Tony Abbott's less than successful Direct Action Policy.

Katharine Murphy from The Guardian was less than complimentary of the government's new policy; Giles Parkinson from RenewEconomy had few kind words for what the PM was proposing and a senior lecturer in economics from the University of Queensland, Ian A. Mackenzie wrote in The Conversation describing the policy as a "rebadged rehash of old mistakes".

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