FIRSTLY, WHAT IS YOUR EVALUATION OF AUSTRALIA: WHERE WE ARE AT, AT THE MOMENT, IN TERMS OF ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE? Well, look, at the moment we’re in a pretty bad position. We are probably standing alongside Russia and Saudi Arabia at the very back of the pack in terms of addressing climate change. So, that’s not very good. The sort of global targets that we’ve set ourselves are almost meaningless. This is from a government perspective, of course, federal government. The state governments are doing much better. The ACT is really the leader of the pack. We’ve seen some really great initiatives from NSW and Victoria of late in terms of addressing the problem, but we need a united approach, there’s no doubt about that. We need state and federal governments working together, like they do with COVID, otherwise it becomes just impossible to get the change that you need.
There’s no doubt that there is an element in the Liberal National Party Coalition that just doesn’t want to see action on climate change, and that’s no secret. People like [Queensland Nationals senator] Matt Canavan and others have said that, and they’re holding the parties to ransom at the moment. But if you look at the
