Greens senator and spokesperson for the environment Sarah Hanson-Young has delivered scathing criticism of the National Party’s abandonment of net zero targets, arguing that “dumping net zero… is effectively dumping action on climate change”.
“The Coalition have proved themselves to be a party that’s just not serious about the environment. You can’t pretend that you care about the future of our country, the safety of and security of Australia. You can’t even pretend you care about the people in the bush, in the regions, if you don’t have a credible policy on climate change.
Senator Sarah Hanson-Young.Credit: Dominic Lorrimer
“The climate crisis is already here. It’s creating havoc for our farmers, for many who live in the regions, for those in the cities and the suburbs as well those huge weather events, storms, cyclones, floods, droughts that are becoming more extreme and more frequent,” Hanson-Young told ABC’s News Breakfast this morning.
“To not have a credible policy, in fact, to do the opposite, to take the country backwards, to be so anti-science, so anti-environment, so anti-investment in Australia. It is the biggest wrecking of climate action I’ve seen for a very long time.
“The Coalition are a joke… but they’re a dangerous joke. They don’t care. They don’t care about the safety or future of this country,” Hanson-Young said.