I have joined almost 100 other leading Australian scientists to back this legal intervention and urge Minister Plibersek to consider the wider environmental impact of burning coal and gas.
Parliament is set for an unprecedented shake-up after millions of voters put climate first at the ballot box,and all eyes are on what climate action can be achieved by the incoming government.
Australia’s utter failure to rise to the challenge at COP26 in Glasgow has entrenched our international reputation as a climate action outlier.
Ten days out from the global climate summit,Australia is again acting like a handbrake. No other developed nation has performed as badly in terms of past emissions or commitments to cut them.
A visitor to Victoria in the 1850s was more likely to see a quoll than a brushtail possum,which were then avidly hunted for their pelts.
The pace of emissions reductions over the coming decade will prove decisive in whether we avert a full-blown climate catastrophe or sentence our children to a barely survivable future.