Senate debates

Monday, 30 November 2020

Questions without Notice

Climate Change

2:22 pm

Photo of Larissa WatersLarissa Waters (Queensland, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Noting your reference to that 16.6 per cent figure, the quarterly emissions report released today shows that, when you take out land use, which no other country uses in their figures, Australia's pollution is still higher than 2005 levels. The government's very proud of its figures today, but a pandemic is not a climate plan. Given gas is the main driver of pollution and risks our precious groundwater and farmland, will you dump your failed gas-led recovery?

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