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title: Insider blows whistle on Australia's fraudulent carbon credit scheme
description: A whistleblower who spent years working on the Australian government’s carbon credit scheme has described the scheme as a “rort” that hurts the environment and has wasted more than $1 billion in taxpayer funding.
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# Insider blows whistle on Australia's fraudulent carbon credit scheme
Thursday, 24 March 2022
A whistleblower who spent years working on the Australian government’s carbon credit scheme has described the system as a “rort” that hurts the environment and has wasted more than $1 billion in taxpayer funding.
The UNESCO monitoring mission currently underway to determine the health of the Reef must see the full picture, but the agenda and details are being kept under lock and key, with Greenpeace Australia Pacific’s repeated attempts to meet the mission “dismissed or ignored”.
And more than 30 mayors and councillors across Australia have written to the federal government calling for stronger climate action, including more ambitious emission targets, $200 million in funding for a council disaster mitigation fund, and the creation of a national body to support research on adaptation.
[Insider blows whistle on Australia's greenhouse gas reduction schemes](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-24/insider-blows-whistle-on-greenhouse-gas-reduction-schemes/100933186)
Prof Andrew Macintosh, the former head of the government’s Emissions Reduction Assurance Committee, says the system is a “rort” and integrity standards set down in legislation are being compromised.
[UN mission must see coral bleaching to get ‘whole picture’ of Great Barrier Reef, experts say](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/mar/24/un-mission-must-see-coral-bleaching-to-get-whole-picture-of-great-barrier-reef-experts-say)
The UN mission underway to see if the Great Barrier Reef should be put on an “in danger” list will not get “the whole picture” unless it visits reefs currently experiencing coral bleaching.
[‘We need support’: Councils beg federal government for stronger climate action](https://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/we-need-support-councils-beg-federal-government-for-stronger-climate-action-20220323-p5a72z.html)
More than 30 mayors and councillors across Australia say they are “exhausted by the immediate costs and challenges” of recent natural disasters and have written to the government calling for stronger climate action.
[Pilbara rock art custodians want WA government, Woodside to hit pause on Burrup projects](https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/business/companies/pilbara-rock-art-custodians-want-wa-government-woodside-to-hit-pause-on-burrup-projects-20220323-p5a75h.html)
Traditional Owners of Murujuga, home of one million Indigenous rock engravings carved over about 50,000 years, have demanded the WA government and Woodside stop development in the World Heritage-nominated area until they can consider the impact on their culture.
[“Everyone disagrees with him”: Turnbull takes aim at Angus Taylor](https://reneweconomy.com.au/everyone-disagrees-with-him-turnbull-takes-aim-at-angus-taylor/)
Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has labelled the Morrison government’s gas-fired recovery as “surreal”, saying it should be looking to phase out gas rather than subsidising its expansion.
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