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"Australian federal and state governments have approved a wave of fossil fuel
developments over the past six weeks, sparking accusations Anthony Albanese and
other leaders are “gaslighting” the public – claiming they take the climate
crisis seriously while pushing up emissions.
Peter Dunn, a former commissioner of emergency services for the Australian
Capital Territory, says the Albanese government is “trashing its integrity” and
has “lost their licence to lead, days after the election”.
Dunn, a member of Emergency Leaders for Climate Action who lived through the
2003 Canberra bushfires and the catastrophic 2019 fires at Lake Conjola on the
New South Wales south coast, is furious about the government’s decision to
greenlight Woodside’s extension of the North West Shelf gas processing plant.
“I’m bloody angry, bitterly disappointed, and I see a government that I was
really hopeful for doing great things trashing its integrity,” he says.
“That’s the thing that’s really got me worked up at the moment – because there
is no integrity in what I’m seeing [from the government] in the climate space
whatsoever … You lose your integrity, you lose your licence to lead. They just
lost their licence to lead, days after the election.”
Federal and state governments and agencies have approved several fossil fuel
projects since April, ranging from large developments to smaller extensions.
They include the production operations for Santos’ Barossa offshore gas project
off the Northern Territory, two coalmine extensions in NSW, Viva Energy’s
floating gas terminal in Geelong, and nine new areas for gas exploration in
Queensland. Decisions for other major projects are looming."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
