Labor came into power in 2022 making some big promises on the environment.
Beyond the fairly untestable pledge to “end the climate wars“, in October 2022, Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek released the Threatened Species Action Plan: Towards Zero Extinctions, which promising to set out “a pathway for threatened species conservation and recovery over the next 10 years”.
But with the indefinite deferral of key parts of Labor’s “nature positive” plan last month, we’re using the latest Paint by Numbers to break down the state of the environment since the ALP took office.
Coal projects approved since Labor took office:
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