Max Chandler-Mather (Griffith, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. Your government has approved three new coal projects and supports new gas. However, the International Energy Agency has been clear that, in order to avoid catastrophic climate change, no country can open any new coal and gas, while the International Institute for Sustainable Development has said there is a large consensus that new oil and gas fields are incompatible with limiting warming to 1.5 degrees. Can the minister explain whether the government supports these findings? And, if so, how can he justify new coal and gas?

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