11/05/2025 22:10
The Guardian
Matt Canavan is not expected to have the numbers to tip David Littleproud out of the Nationals leadership. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMatt Canavan claimed he has “always” accepted the link between carbon dioxide emissions and temperature rises but appeared to doubt that natural disasters are getting worse as a consequence of climate crisis.He told the ABC:There’s just not credible evidence that droughts or floods are getting worse in this country… Is that the science? What is the science then? Is it the IPCC reports? That’s what’s in their report.I don’t know what happened. It’s about 10 years ago. It seemed like global warming wasn’t really working. So it changed to climate change, and started talking about floods and cyclones and these things. And when you actually read the signs, there’s very little evidence that most of those natural disasters are getting any worse. Heat waves is different.Well, the temperature is rising, as noted about that. It’s happening in the oceans as well. But the question is calibrating our response to what the risks are.I think we need a shake-up. I think the party deserves a choice, think the people of Australia deserve a choice. I don’t think we gave them enough of a real choice at the last election. So I’m standing to try and be an agent of change, if you like … you can’t ask other people to do something you’re not prepared to do yourself. So I put my hand up. Continue reading...
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