And the horror story that is the Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison Government's policy responses to the risks associated with ongoing climate change continues....
The Saturday Paper, Post, 22 October 2021:
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| | Roughly half the Nationals party room has backed a list of demands in exchange for its support of a net zero by 2050 plan. What we know: - In a Thursday night meeting, a divided Nationals party narrowly backed a proposal for a regional economic package in return for their support, which will now be considered by Prime Minister Scott Morrison;
- Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce’s plan includes a socio-economic safety valve involving reviews of impacts on regional communities (The Australian);
- Transition packages for regional mining, agriculture and manufacturing sectors will be requested;
- The proposal also calls for changes to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act to enable farmers to engage in more land clearing (AFR);
- Joyce is reportedly hoping to secure support for a $3bn extension of the Gladstone inland rail project, which environmentalists warn would unlock a “carbon bomb” of nine new coalmines and 150m tonnes of annual emissions (The Guardian);
- It comes as leaked documents reveal Australia sought to remove references to coal lobbyists and recommendations to close coal plants from the latest IPCC climate report (BBC).
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