Larissa Waters (Queensland, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister pulled Australia out of the race to host next year's international climate summit. That global meeting would have brought scrutiny on the fact that Australia is the world's second-biggest exporter of climate-wrecking emissions, behind only Russia; that this government has approved over 30 coal and gas mines since coming to office, and five since the most recent election; and that you're now trying to get coal and gas approved within 30 days under environmental laws without their climate impacts on nature being considered. Is the Australian government's addiction to coal and gas the reason why the Prime Minister stopped pushing to host the COP?