PM must listen to calls to implement a climate trigger in environment laws
PM must listen to calls to implement a climate trigger in environment laws | Australian Greens Skip to main content Search Get Involved Join Donate Our plan Tax the 1% Tackle the cost of living Healthcare for all Fix the housing crisis Strong climate action Policy principles & aims Our team Federal MPs State/territory MPs Officeholders Media releases Take action Volunteer Donate Issues & campaigns Events Greens Shop Leave a bequest Our movement About the Greens Become a member Jobs Green Magazine All news Get Involved Join Donate Search Our plan Toggle Tax the 1% Tackle the cost of living Healthcare for all Fix the housing crisis Strong climate action Policy principles & aims Our team Toggle Federal MPs State/territory MPs Officeholders Media releases Take action Toggle Volunteer Donate Issues & campaigns Events Greens Shop Leave a bequest Our movement Toggle About the Greens Become a member Jobs Green Magazine All news PM must listen to calls to implement a climate trigger in environment laws 2025-06-10 Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young responds to calls from Labor backbenchers for climate considerations to be included in Australia's environment laws.
Quotes attributable to Senator Sarah Hanson-Young, Greens environment spokesperson: “It beggars belief that in 2025, while Australian communities find themselves on the frontlines of climate fuelled disasters, polluting projects continue to be approved by the Government without any consideration of the climate crisis. “So-called environment laws should protect our environment, not green light approvals for climate bombs like Woodside’s North West Shelf.
Approving pollution on a huge scale out to 2070, destroying cultural heritage and threatening pristine ecosystems like Scott Reef is the exact opposite of environmental protection. “The Greens want to work with the Labor Government for transformative environment laws that actually protect nature, not green-light its destruction. “We call on the Prime Minister to listen to voices inside his own government calling for the urgent climate action we need by implementing a climate trigger.
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