Politicians have duty of care to protect children from climate harm, court finds
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A million Australian children will be hospitalised at least once in their life for heat stress and the Great Barrier Reef will die along with the east coast’s eucalyptus forests should climate change not be halted, a federal court judge has said in a case brought against Environment Minister Sussan Ley by eight school students.
The court found that Ms Ley had a duty of care to protect them and the environment from the impacts of climate change, but dismissed their application to have her blocked by injunction from granting an extension to a coal mine as a result.