No law to set target: Ministers stare down Nats’ complaint on carbon
Federal ministers are planning to neutralise a backbench threat on climate change by making sure any net zero emissions target will not be mandated by law.
Scott Morrison’s five major challenges for 2021
The Prime Minister will be judged on how he handles the economy after JobKeeper, the vaccine rollout, climate change, aged care and China.
Albanese drops Butler from climate in reshuffle restart on emissions
Mark Butler, one of the party’s strongest advocates for ambitious carbon targets, will lose the portfolio of climate change and energy after months of dispute over whether Labor should make a new pledge to cut emissions by 2030 or 2035.
Use Biden agenda to commit to net zero: Malcolm Turnbull
Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has urged the Morrison government to seize on new climate change agenda from US President Joe Biden to commit to net zero emissions by 2050.
George Christensen struggling to secure numbers for banking climate inquiry
An impasse in Parliament has stymied a push to investigate banks and insurance companies that consider climate change risk as a factor in major deals.
After dropping Kyoto credits, Morrison’s next step is much riskier
It only takes a hint of ambition on climate change to set off panic in some quarters of Scott Morrison’s party room, and a net zero target might do it.
Australia must prepare for ‘catastrophic’ natural disasters amid rising threat from climate change
The royal commission into natural disasters calls for stronger peak agencies, better warning systems and faster military deployments.
