Elaine Loughlin: Government U-turns favour business over workers, housing and climate action

Elaine Loughlin says the coalition has shifted priorities, favouring business interests over climate action, workers and vulnerable families

It is now over a decade since Simon Coveney pledged to end the use of hotels for accommodating homeless families, setting a deadline of mid-2017. File pictue 

Without the moral compass of the Greens, the coalition has been unwinding and abandoning policies that would put this country in a better place for the generations to come.

Lobbyists for big business are being listened to, and political views have shifted based on quick wins.