Analysis: The significance of the Climate and Energy Minister Chris Bowen inviting the former NSW Fire and Rescue chief Greg Mullins to address his first media conference cannot be overstated
The significance of the new Climate and Energy Minister Chris Bowen inviting NSW Fire and Rescue’s former chief, Greg Mullins, to address his first media conference alongside other members of Emergency Leaders for Climate Action cannot be overstated.
The council has since become one of the nation’s leading climate advocacy groups and a key source of reliable data and commentary on the issue. One of its projects was to form the Emergency Leaders group to inform the public and the government of the rising physical danger to Australians posed by climate change.
Mullins confirmed that his group believed the government’s 43 per cent carbon emissions reduction target was inadequate, while Bowen restated that it was the goal that Labor had secured a mandate to pursue. Mullins said he was relieved to be working co-operatively with government.“It was a climate election,” he said. “Australians have spoken. They’ve seen the disasters. They’re frightened about climate change.
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