Australia politics live: new environment laws won’t be ‘worth the paper they’re printed on’ if Labor doesn’t actually act on climate, Greens say

Labor’s Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act still needs to win support from the Greens or Coalition. Follow the latest updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Greens say the cost of not acting on climate change will be “far, far greater” than any cost associated with acting on it.On the Today show this morning, Senator Nick McKim says the government needs to stop approving new coal and gas mines (something his party has been saying for years).The costs of not acting on climate change are astronomical and they’re already being felt in our communities through things like floods and bushfires and they’re also being felt in household budgets through things like a massive spike in insurance premiums …If they [Labor] don’t do things like protect forests and if they don’t do things like protect our climate, [the laws are] not going to be worth the paper they’re printed on. Continue reading...