Australia's biodiversity report card leaves out fossil fuel support
In its first report on its progress towards stopping biodiversity decline, Australia neglected to provide any estimate of its financial support to the fossil fuels industry.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2026-03-16/australia-biodiversity-report-card-ignores-fossil-fuel-support/106432678
Australia's biodiversity report card omits fossil fuel support

A target to identify financial support of fossil fuel industries harmful to the environment was unmet in Australia's self-assessment on its progress to meeting international biodiversity commitments.

@jhaue well that’s great. I complained to my local member, Kristy McBain (Eden Monaro), about fossil fuel support and her staffers blew me off talking about how important the diesel fuel rebate was to the mining industry. From that I got the impression that the #ALP is not interested in accounting for fossil fuel subsidies or doing anything about reining them in.
#fossilfuels #FossilFuelSubsidies #climatechange #auspol #KristyMcBain