The Climate Change and Energy Minister has issued a savage one-word hit back to a controversial decision made by the Coalition as the climate wars heat up once more.
The Labor Government has been trying to push through an overhaul of the climate safeguard mechanism since making the environment a central part of their election platform last year.
The policy would set an emissions baseline for the country’s largest greenhouse gas emitters and force them to purchase carbon offsets if the limit is exceeded.The Climate Change Minister has issued a savage one-word hit back to a controversial decision made by the Coalition as the climate wars heat up once more. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dan Peled
Shadow climate change and energy minister Ted O’Brien said the government was attempting to “tax its way to de-polluting the planet”. “Either way, Australian jobs will be lost, regional areas will lose their industries and the country will lose competitive advantage and sovereign capability.”
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