The new federal MP for the Queensland seat of Flynn was a founding member of a club formed to promote climate science denial, and was a signatory to an international statement claiming “there is no climate emergency”.
Carol Sparks, the former Glen Innes Severn Council mayor who attracted national attention during the black summer bushfires, will challenge Barnaby Joyce at the federal election with a clarion call on climate change action.
Australia's National party has exited a marathon meeting where they discussed the Morrison government's climate policy without coming to an agreement – with discussions to continue into the parliamentary sitting week.
Australia's big banks have declared they need to actively manage climate risk because governments and regulators require it, and because the investor community is "increasingly transitioning its focus towards a net-zero emissions economy".
Australia's bushfire crisis has caused a spike in concern about the environment, a hit to the popularity of the Coalition and Scott Morrison and a drop in support for new coalmines, even among Coalition voters.
The woman who toppled Tony Abbott in Warringah at the last election on a platform of climate change action now has the whole parliament in her sights as she seeks bipartisan support for a climate change framework bill aimed at transitioning Australia to a decarbonised economy.
