Labor MP says Adani mine would displace jobs and sabotage Paris targets

Mark Butler says development of Galilee basin is not in Australia's national interestsThe shadow climate change minister, Mark Butler, has warned the development of the Galilee basin is not in Australia's national interest, because it would displace mining and jobs in existing coal regions, and would not help the world meet its obligations under the Paris climate agreement.Butler has used a speech to the Sydney Institute to argue the controversial Adani coal project is "utterly exceptional" because it is the only significant export-oriented greenfields mine opening up "on the face of the planet". Continue reading...