Mehreen Faruqi (NSW, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

The Minister for Climate Change and Energy tabled his climate change statement earlier today but failed to even mention the elephant in the room: the impact of new coal and gas on Australia's climate targets. And yet the latest greenhouse gas inventory, also released today, shows that emissions from gas are increasing. Does the government acknowledge that burning coal and gas is causing and fuelling the climate crisis? And why won't it rule out opening new coal and gas projects?