In Senate debate, Greens call bill a ‘sham’ that will allow fossil fuel companies to meet emissions reductions targets while exporting those emissions
The Coalition’s environment spokesperson, Jonathon Duniam, said the opposition would support the bill after a ‘painstaking’ approach by successive governments to the changes.The Coalition’s environment spokesperson, Jonathon Duniam, said the opposition would support the bill after a ‘painstaking’ approach by successive governments to the changes.
The government has said the bill is necessary to bring Australia’s laws into line with changes to an international treaty on the prevention of marine pollution, known as the London protocol. “We should feel ashamed as a chamber, in this time of climate emergency, that we are about to pass legislation written for a fossil fuel company, written by a government who takes big donations from fossil fuel companies,” Whish-Wilson told the Senate.
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