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Zali Steggall asks the PM if the Government has a genuine commitment to act on climate change

23 May 2023

To the Prime Minister. Contrary to the misleading statement made earlier, the Albanese Government voted with the coalition to frack the Beetaloo Basin and expand gas extraction, even more harmful to short-term global warming with methane emissions. Recent warnings predict we are going to tip over 1.5 degrees by 2027. Do you accept it is greenwashing, on one hand, approve more gas projects when the advice is clear this must stop?