Scrutiny of Budget 24 and advice to the Minister of Finance shows the Government is knowingly increasing emissions and shredding climate action.

The Government has once again kicked the climate action can down the road by removing agricultural emissions from the Emissions Trading Scheme. 

The Government deciding to lift the oil and gas ban in the middle of a climate crisis is a severe step backwards that will have serious consequences for our future. 

Actions speak louder than words and this Government's attack on the climate will ripple through generations, says the Green Party. 

The Government’s plans to ramp up coal mining in the heat of a climate crisis will see our chances of a liveable future melt away.

The Green Party is welcoming Climate Change Minister Simon Watts’ continuation of Hon. James Shaw’s cross-party work on climate adaptation, now in the form of a Finance and Expenditure Committee Inquiry.

The Green Party has joined the call for public submissions on the fast-track legislation to be extended after the Ombudsman forced the Government to release the list of organisations invited to apply just hours before submissions close. 

The Government’s policy announced today to ease consenting for coal mining will have a lasting impact across generations. 

Today’s advice from the Climate Change Commission paints a sobering reality of the challenge we face in combating climate change, especially in light of recent Government policy announcements.