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

Overnight, the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, again called for an end to the use of coal, oil and gas and shamed global fossil fuel companies, who are spending 4c on clean energy or carbon capture for every dollar they are spending on new oil and gas expansion. Why is the government giving these tax-avoiding big polluters billions every year in taxpayer funded subsidies instead of redirecting those billions into stopping the climate crisis?