Coastal News Today | AUS - Court reverses climate duty of care ruling
The Australian government does not owe the country's children protection from harm caused by climate change, a court has ruled.
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The Australian government does not owe the country's children protection from harm caused by climate change, a court has ruled.
The environment minister has appealed the decision that she owed a duty of care to Australian children to protect them from the worsening climate crisis.
By Tiffanie Turnbull for Australian Associated Press
Eight teenagers and a nun had previously won their case against the federal environment minister related to the expansion of a NSW coalmine
A previous decision - hailed as a world first - found the government had a duty of care to children.