Greens Candidate for Richmond and Deputy Mayor of Byron Shire Michael Lyon is calling on Justine Elliot to condemn Labor’s plan to open up the Northern Territory’s gas supplies to fracking.
“Labor is running on a platform of climate action, but opening up gas supplies in the Northern Territory completely undermines their modest goal of reducing emissions by 45% by 2030. It would dwarf the impact of the Adani Mine on the climate” said Mr Lyon.
“This is such a catastrophic failure from the Labor party, at a time when we need to be doing everything can to take action on climate, announcing more gas exploration is mind-boggling.”
“The McArthur gas extraction could contribute more than 6% of our total emissions, and produce emissions that last 50-60% longer in our atmosphere than coal.”
“The people of the Northern Rivers have overwhelmingly rejected coal-seam gas, rejected the Adani Mine and want to see Australia fulfil its obligations under the Paris agreement. Justine Elliot and Labor fails to represent us on all three of these fronts.”
“There’s never been a more important time to vote Green and make sure we hold a future Labor government to account. We support many of the measures announced by Bill Shorten, but if they won’t act decisively on climate, then we need to make sure they do.”
