Richard Di Natale (Victoria, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Leader of the Government in the Senate, Senator Cormann. Minister, last week the Prime Minister tried to mislead the Australian people by claiming there's no direct link between Australia's record high emissions and our increasing fire risk. Minister, we're the third-biggest exporter of emissions from coal, oil and gas in the world, and ABC's Fact Check showed Australia's contribution at 4.4 per cent of the world's pollution, which is almost three times the figure cited by the Prime Minister. That's despite the fact that we're only 0.3 per cent of the population, by the way. Minister, will the Prime Minister apologise for misleading the Australian community and admit that Australia's pollution, both here and overseas, has a direct impact on the climate crisis and the increasing risk of bushfires?