Australian Labor Party announces new Climate Change Policy

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Thursday, January 5, 2006

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The Labor Party of Australia has today launched "Our Drowning Neighbours", a Pacific Climate Change strategy. The strategy was announced at 11am today, at Parliament House, Canberra, by Bob Sercombe MP (Shadow Minister for Pacific Island Affairs and Overseas Aid) and Anthony Albanese MP (Shadow Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Water).

Senator Bob Brown of the Australian Greens party welcomed aspects of the statement but suggested that the policy as stated was weak and pointed out that Labor had voted against Greens Senator Christine Milne's motion calling for recognition of Pacific climate change refugees just two months previously.

Sources

• Australian Labor Party "Our Drowning Neighbours". Media Release, January 5, 2006

• Australian Greens "Labor hamstrung by internal divisions on climate change". Media Release, January 5, 2006

• Australian Labor Party "Pacific welcomes Labor's Climate Change Strategy". Media Statement, 5th January 2006
  

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