The Morrison government subsidising dirty fuel amid the climate crisis beggars belief | Bill Hare

Angus Taylor seems to be wilfully ignoring Australia's huge transport emissions problem The announcement this week by energy minister Angus Taylor that he's putting together a major package to prop up oil refineries to preserve dirty fuel supplies to one of the dirtiest car fleets on the planet simply beggars belief.This week, we've seen king tides and storms hitting the country's eastern coastline, changing the face of much-loved Aussie beaches, which were already feeling the effects of rising sea levels. This time last year, the country was on fire. In 2020 our Great Barrier reef was bleached for the third time in five years, the most widespread event ever. We just had the warmest spring ever, 2C above average, which would have been "virtually impossible" without our greenhouse gas emissions. Continue reading...