08 November, 2019

Have emissions fallen since 2005, and are they the lowest they've ever been, as Liberal MP Katie Allen says?

Greenhouse gas emissions, and whether they are going up or down, is once more at the centre of debate.
Katie Allen's first claim is misleading, her second claim is incorrect.
Liberal backbencher Katie Allen says that emissions
in Australia have fallen since 2005, and that they're
the lowest they've ever been.
Liberal MP Katie Allen entered the fray when she told ABC TV that the Coalition Government had "done a great job" reducing emissions.
Dr Allen was immediately accused of lying by Labor's Pat Conroy, who said she was "factually wrong" because emissions had, he claimed, risen every year since 2014.
"They have fallen since 2005," she said in response. "They are the lowest they have ever been."
Is Dr Allen correct in claiming emissions have fallen since 2005, and that they are the lowest they have ever been? RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.

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