Elizabeth Watson-Brown (Ryan, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

TSON-BROWN () (): My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. Minister, last week in Egypt you said:

… if we're not trying to keep to 1.5C, then what are we here for? Because the difference between 1.5C and 1.7C in terms of the impact on the planet is enormous.

Why then has your government adopted policies that are not compatible with keeping warming to 1.5 degrees, such as the more than $40 billion in the budget for fossil fuel subsidies, including the gas and petrochemical hub in Darwin Harbour and a new gas project in Victoria?

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