‘Filling holes in budget': state accused of diverting climate cash

The Berejiklian government has been accused of diverting money from the state's Climate Change Fund to cover projects unrelated to its original mandate.

Hazard-reduction burning in the Blue Mountains in May
2018: Not what typically comes to mind when one thinks
 of 'climate change action'.CREDIT:

According to its annual report for 2017-18, the fund drew revenue from customer electricity providers and Sydney Water totalling almost $293 million but spent only $181 million. Since 2012-13, the fund has collected about $456 million more than it has spent.

Read the story from The Sydney Morning Herald by Peter Hannam - “‘Filling holes in budget': state accused of diverting climate cash.”