Morrison government’s ‘sneaky carbon tax’ claims debunked as nat zero infighting rages on

PM Scott Morrison is branding Labor’s climate policy forcing big polluters to reduce emissions or offset them quickly a “sneaky carbon tax” as the Coalition’s infighting over its own flimsy net zero commitment rages on. 

Speaking of muddled, an investment ratings agency has labelled the Morrison’s government’s energy policies “obscure”, “unclear”, and “confusing”, and warned Australia’s lack of meaningful climate and energy policy risk it falling behind global peers in the energy transition. 

And more than a fifth of global reptile species are under threat of extinction, with scientists warning the crisis will worsen without stronger climate action. 

Coalition climate policy forced big polluters to pay $15m for carbon credits in past year

The Coalition last year required polluting businesses to buy 419,000 carbon credits at an estimated cost of $15m using a policy that Scott Morrison now falsely describes as “Labor’s sneaky carbon tax”.

Matt Canavan told to 'pull his head in' by government colleagues over net zero by 2050 comments

Nationals senator Matt Canavan has been told to "pull his head in" by a colleague, and slapped down by the Prime Minister, after attempting to muddy the waters over the Coalition's climate change commitments in the middle of a tight election race. 

Ratings agency says Morrison climate policies “obscure, unclear and confusing”

A major investment ratings agency has called the Morrison government’s energy policies “obscure”, “unclear,” and “confusing”, and predicted long-duration battery storage could replace gas generators as providers of firming capacity within the next decade.

One in five reptile species globally are under the threat of extinction

More than a fifth of all global reptile species are threatened with extinction, a new report has found, with logging, climate change and pests the main sources of threat.

Labor’s climate plan would have ‘little financial impact’ on coal: Grattan

Coal mining companies would have to pay just $1.20 per tonne of coal to offset some of their carbon under a Labor policy to meet a UN target of net zero emissions by 2050.