(Australia) Coalition accused of sitting on environment report to avoid delivering 'more bad news'
Source: The Guardian
Coalition accused of sitting on environment report to avoid delivering ‘more bad news’
Calls for report to be released before election so voters know ‘official state’ of environment under Morrison government
Lisa Cox
Tue 5 Apr 2022 18.30 BST
Last modified on Tue 5 Apr 2022 18.31 BST
The Morrison government has been accused of sitting on a major report card on the state of Australia’s environment it received more than three months ago to avoid “more bad news”.
Labor, the Greens, the independent MP Zali Steggall, environment groups and scientists have called on the government to release the Australia State of the Environment report, which is produced by scientists and compiled every five years.
The latest report, the first since 2016, was handed to the environment minister, Sussan Ley, in December.
The minister is required to table the report in parliament within 15 sitting days of receiving it. With an election expected to be called within days and parliament having sat only briefly this year, the government is not legally required to release it until the next parliament forms.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/apr/06/coalition-accused-of-sitting-on-environment-report-to-avoid-delivering-more-bad-news