The Albanese Government
Many people had hopes that Australia would take climate change much more seriously under a Labor government. That hope has, to some extent been fulfilled, but time has proven that the Albanese government is far more a servant of the fossil fuel industries than a supporter of strong climate change action. The Albanese government has gone on approving fossil gas and coal projects. At the time I started this page the latest was Gregory Crinum Coal Mine in the Bowen Basin, approved by Minister Tanya Plibersek in August 2023. While the Albanese government has set longterm emission reduction targets (which it will probably not have to abide by because it will loose power before that time comes) It seems questionable whether it has done anything of substance toward limiting emissions.
Contact: David K. Clarke – © |
IntroductionQuoting a Michael West Media Independent Journalists article titled 'Ten and rising: Albanese government new fossil fuel approvals unveiled' written by Callum Foote and published on 2023/09/08:"Fossil fuel projects approved by the Albanese government include:
Hypocrisy: The Albanese Government is all talk and no actionWill the Mr Albanese follow ex PM Malcolm Turnbull in talking big on climate action but doing little? After a year and a half in office it is looking very likely.
In early November 2023 PM Anthony Albanese visited the Cook Islands for the Pacific Island Forum. He tried his best to convince the Pacific Islander peoples that his government was serious about reducing emissions; I wonder if he convinced anyone, considering his government's abysmal record to that point?
Resource Minister very keen on fossil fuel exportsWhile the Albanese Government has talked the talk on reducing emissions it is not walking the walk. They have continued to open new areas for coal-seam gas developments and seem to be doing all they can for the profits of the fossil fuel industries.As reported in AuManufacturing: "In a long speech King repeatedly reiterated Australia’s determination to remain an exporter of LNG as well as coking coal into an indefinite future, spruiked the export of hydrogen produced from dirty Victorian brown coal, and failed to mention future green resources exports at all."Ms King said: “This fits with Japanese plans to greatly increase the use of hydrogen as part of a shift away from fossil fuels.”Who does Ms King think she is fooling with this statement? Hydrogen made from fossil fuels is not 'shifting away from fossil fuels'! It seems that neither Coalition governments nor Labor governments can do the ethical thing on emissions and climate change action. Both remain enslaved to the profits in the capitalist system and the political donations from the fossil fuel industries. |
|
|
References and related pagesExternal sites...Michael West Media Independent Journalists article titled 'Ten and rising: Albanese government new fossil fuel approvals unveiled' written by Callum Foote and published on 2023/09/08Albanese Government's stunning hypocrisy: Coal mine extension gets the go-ahead; media release from the Climate Council
Australia’s 116 new coal, oil and gas projects equate to 215 new coal power stations: The Conversation, written by Richard Denniss
Adjunct Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University, published on 2023/03/21.
On this site...Climate change in an Australian context and in the international context.
Other Australian governments: |