2021-12-03
In response to the leaking of Labor's updated emission's targets, which are weaker than Labor took to the previous Federal Election, the ACT Greens have expressed dismay at the state of climate policy in Australia.
Statements attributable to Tim Hollo, Greens candidate for Canberra:
"After bushfires that devastated our east coast, an IPCC report that gave us 10 years to decarbonise our economy, and a Glasgow summit that saw the world finally beginning to move, it's devastating that Labor is weakening its targets.
“These targets are weaker than those set by the Business Council of Australia, most of the States and Territories, the UK, European Union, Canada and the United States. Labor needs to catch up.
"Canberra's Federal Labor MPs keep telling Canberrans that they care about the climate crisis, but they are being repeatedly hung out to dry by their party's political cowardice and commitment to fossil fuel donors."
"Just like so-called "moderate" Liberals who keep voting with Barnaby Joyce, Canberra's Labor MPs consistently vote to subsidise new fossil fuel projects, and to support a climate policy that is nowhere near good enough. In both cases, the community is looking elsewhere for MPs they can trust to vote with their values."
“In the balance of power, the Greens will ensure that a new Labor government takes serious climate action, just like we have in the ACT.