The government has confirmed Australia's greenhouse gas emissions are rising, and projected that it will not get near its 2030 climate target under current policies.

The government has confirmed Australia's greenhouse gas emissions are rising, and projected that it will not get near its 2030 climate target under current policies.

But the country remains on track to "meet and beat" the less ambitious 2020 target of a 5 per cent cut in emissions compared to 2000 levels.

Released in the shadow of the Christmas holidays, the Environment Department greenhouse accounts show national emissions rose 0.8 per cent in the year to June.

The department analysis shows the increase largely came from electricity generation - the country used more power without much change in its reliance on fossil fuels - and new liquefied natural gas projects.

Read Adam Morton’s story in today’s Melbourne Age - “Turnbull government confirms Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions are rising.”

Turnbull inaction on climate change brings widespread voter dissatisfaction

Malcolm Turnbull's inaction on climate change
brings widespread voter dissatisfaction.
 

Two-thirds of voters say the Turnbull government is doing "not very much" or "nothing at all" to combat climate change.

And they are not alone – exclusive international polling for Fairfax Media shows a similar proportion in 22 other nations think their governments are doing little or nothing to address global warming.

Climate change has featured little in federal election campaign so far but the new poll results point to widespread voter dissatisfaction with current policies.

In Australia, just 4 per cent said the government was doing "a great deal" to address climate change and 19 per cent said it was doing "a fair amount." But more than half (52 per cent) said the government was doing not very much and 14 per cent nothing at all.

Read the story by Matt Wade in today’s Melbourne Age - “A big majority of Australians say Malcolm Turnbull is doing little or nothing about climate change.”