Victoria Promises World Leading Legislation to Halve Emissions by 2030
The Victorian Labor Government has positioned itself as Australia’s most ambitious climate change state, becoming one of the first jurisdictions in the world to legislate a net-zero emissions target and promising to halve emissions by 2030.
The announcement is part of the state government’s new Climate Change Strategy (pdf) to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, which contrasts with the Federal Government’s plan for emissions reduction, which is a 26 to 28 percent reduction by 2030 without a definitive target date for achieving net-zero to avoid imposing heavy taxation.
Instead, Victoria hopes to meet the goal by legislating five-year reduction targets that will see carbon emission reduced by 28 to 33 per cent by 2025 and 45 to 50 percent by 2030.
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Banning Possession of Nazi, ISIS Flags ‘Overkill’: Australian Law Council
The Law Council of Australia is warning against criminalising the possession of extremist memorabilia, calling it overkill and saying it would have “unintended consequences.”
Richard Wilson SC, the co-chair of the Council’s National Criminal Law Committee, was responding to comments yesterday by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) calling for new laws to address gaps in the monitoring of extremist activity.
One recommendation from the AFP was that the possession and sharing of propaganda, flags, and insignia along with online content from extremist groups such as ISIS or the Nazis be criminalised.
When Morrison became Liberal leader, some pastors told congregations his elevation to power was divinely inspired. Ahead of the 2019 election, some Pentecostal leaders warned âdarknessâ would spread across Australia and Christians would be persecuted if Morrison lost. At his final speech at the National Press Club before the election, Morrison told voters he would âburn for you every dayâ if he won. After the victory, he told voters he had always believed in miracles.
Given how central faith is, it is unsatisfactory to learn more about Morrisonâs devotion through sporadic forays that sometimes bubble to the surface in indirect ways, like the fragment from a Zoom prayer group posted on YouTube during the first wave of the pandemic, with Morrison referencing Isaiah (âyou will be called repairer of broken wallsâ) and, more recently, the speech to the ACC.