Government's ecological credentials are 'woeful'

One of Australia's leading environment groups has rated the government's ecological credentials as "woeful" and lagging significantly behind Labor and the Greens.

‘It's possibly one of the worst governments we've ever seen in Australia's history on the environment’ - ACF chief executive Kelly O'Shanassy

The Australian Conservation Foundation gave the Coalition an overall score of 11 per cent on its election agenda, encompassing policies on cutting pollution, pursuing clean energy and protecting the environment. That compared to scores of 53 per cent for Labor and 77 per cent for the Greens.

In particular, the Coalition was marked down for its support of coal and uranium mining, lesser targets on pollution and clean energy and its unwillingness to expand regulation over major projects.

Read Michael Koziol’s story in today’s Melbourne Age - “Environment scorecard: Coalition agenda 'woeful', lags behind Labor and Greens.”