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Feature Room or Just Same Old Climate Inaction

Sussan Ley backs Peter Dutton’s decision to oppose emissions legislation but signals future room for change
Deputy opposition leader criticises government’s 43% reduction target but says Liberal party’s climate position is not fixed
Sussan Ley does not have duty of care to protect young from climate crisis, appeal court rules
Eight teenagers and a nun had previously won their case against the federal environment minister related to the expansion of a NSW coalmine
Environment Minister wins landmark climate change case, overturning a world-first ‘duty of care’ ruling
Federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley successfully argues she does not have a duty of care to protect young people from climate change when assessing fossil fuel projects.
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The Chances That All Scientists Were Wrong

Climate change: IPCC scientists say it’s ‘now or never’ to limit warming
Staving off the worst impacts of climate change is possible, say scientists, but immediate action is needed.
“Eight years left to turn the ship”: Scientists share how climate change could change daily life
Experts say we’re “running out of time” — and without urgent action, the planet will be radically different.
Australia ignoring warning signs of climate change, former Pacific leaders say
The Pacific Elders’ Voice Group comprising former Pacific island leaders says growing military tensions in the region does little to address the real threat caused by climate change.
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Australia: More Money and More Fossil Fuels after Floods

Taylor’s latest $50m gas subsidy splurge deplored as “slap in the face for flood victims”
Morrison government pours more money into the gas industry, defying calls for Australia to stop the expansion of fossil fuel industries.
Scott Morrison says coal power stations should ‘run as long as they possibly can’
Prime minister says it would be ‘fine’ for private sector to build new coal power plants if commercially viable
“Stupid investment”: UN chief slams coal and Australia in extraordinary climate speech
UN chief Antonio Guterres slams Australia as a climate “hold out” and labels coal a “stupid investment”.
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QLD/NSW 2022 Floods, Record Breaking Again

What caused the ‘rain bomb’? How the unprecedented Queensland and NSW 2022 floods unfolded
The damage was much worse than predicted. So how did it come about, and how does it compare to the 2011 Brisbane disaster?
Record flooding in Australia driven by La Niña and climate change
A slow-moving low-pressure system has dropped 790 millimetres of rain on Brisbane in one week, causing floods that have claimed eight lives
Make no mistake: these floods are climate change playing out in real time
Australians face the cascading and compounding impacts of natural disasters, but also the risk that we will not adapt fast enough.