The Tasmanian Greens today delivered our fully costed, triple bottom line Alternative Budget that tackles the twin crises of COVID and the climate emergency.
This Budget should have tackled the twin crises of COVID-19 and climate together but it failed to do so.
A Budget serious about tackling the climate emergency would drive down emissions across the economy, and properly address crucial adaptation issues.
The Greens welcome the Liberals’ adoption of our policy to electrify the government vehicle fleet.
Labor and the Liberals have today united to drastically cut the time allocated in Budget Estimates to scrutinise key government portfolios.
The Liberal and Labor parties have united to allow native forest biomass to be classified a future renewable energy source in lutruwita/Tasmania.
The Greens welcome the call by 250 doctors and medical students to end native forest logging in lutruwita/Tasmania.
The Premier and Climate Change Minister, Peter Gutwein, must rule out burning native forests for energy.
The proposal to build a thermal coal mine in the Midlands is dead - wonderful news for action on the climate emergency in lutruwita/Tasmania.
The Federal Liberal Budget has killed off public investment in climate-friendly energy generation.
