Abbott Government’s budget continues its agenda of environmental attacks
This budget ignores climate change and almost completely ignores the environment, bar some minor and inadequate funding for the Great Barrier Reef announced weeks ago and cut from other environment programs.
"The budget does nothing to tackle global warming, biodiversity loss and habitat destruction or to protect our forests, oceans and World Heritage.
"Despite the challenges our environment faces, the Liberal Abbott Government's budget fails restore the 26 per cent of the Department of Environment's workforce that was cut in the last budget.