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Hey, peak business bodies, I notice you've been pretty quiet about the #bushfirecrisis but you own some of this...

Here are 15 times in the last 9 years when peak business bodies opposed emissions reduction in Australia:

@QRCouncil @BCAcomau @MineralsCouncil @APPEALtd @NSWMC
1. 2011 @QRCouncil - “the QRC urged federal and state parliamentarians to heed the warning of the impact of the proposed carbon tax on the economy and the resources sector.”

qrc.org.au/policies/prici…
2. 2014 @BCAcomau - The BCA openly called for a repeal of the carbon price: “Next week we hope to finally get rid of a piece of badly designed public policy that has placed a serious drag on our economy – the carbon tax.”

bca.com.au/repeal-carbon-…
3. 2015 @MineralsCouncil - Released a submission that strongly opposed the emissions reductions target of 30-40%.

climatechangeauthority.gov.au/sites/prod.cli…
4. 2015 @BCAcomau - Parliament records show that the BCA directly advocated for a repeal of the carbon tax: “The Business Council of Australia similarly urged that the carbon tax be repealed due to the high costs on business.”

aph.gov.au/parliamentary_…
5. 2015 @APPEALtd - APPEA “Spent nearly $4 million in 2015 trying to “obstruct” more ambitious climate change policy” by advocating for "for less-stringent emissions targets" & "lobbying to remove Australia's renewable energy target."

smh.com.au/national/austr…
6. 2017 @NSWMC - CEO Stephen Galilee wrote an opinion piece for the Daily Telegraph titled, “OPINION: Zero Emissions Target Is Just Stupid”, where he heavily criticised the NSW government’s announcement of net-zero emissions by 2050.

nswmining.com.au/menu/media/new…
7. 2017 @NSWMC - Rejected the continuation of a national renewable energy target and said: "Australia’s contribution to global emissions is too small to have a material impact at global scale."

nswmining.com.au/NSWMining/medi…
8. 2017 @QRCouncil - CEO Ian Macfarlane stated in a media release, in response to a High Court ruling, “...it is a deceptive argument that stopping a single coal mine in central Queensland will influence the level of global emissions”.

qrc.org.au/media-releases…
9. 2018 @BCAcomau - The BCA tweeted that an emissions target of 45% is “an economy wrecking target.”

Then Environment Minister, Melissa Price, read this tweet verbatim in Parliament.



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parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/searc…
10. 2018 @BCAcomau - CEO Jennifer Westacott told a special meeting of the LNP’s backbench committee on energy and the environment that the BCA would oppose the ALP’s 45% emission reduction target and run a public campaign against it.

theguardian.com/australia-news…
11. 2018 @MineralsCouncil - Advocated for exemptions for emissions-intensive trade-exposed industries in consultations with policymakers.

coagenergycouncil.gov.au/sites/prod.ene…
12. 2018 @NSWMC - Argued that the net-zero emissions target will have “no measurable impact on the global climate”, and would put the NSW economy and jobs at risk.

nswmining.com.au/menu/media/new…
13. 2019 @BCAcomau - CEO Jennifer Westacott wrote an opinion piece for the @FinancialReview where she publicly opposed increases to Australia's greenhouse gas emissions reductions target (which would be in line with @IPCC_CH's demanded response).

bca.com.au/pointless_rais…
14. 2019 @mineralscouncil - In the lead up to the Federal Election, the MCA released figures claiming Labor's plan to ban the use of Kyoto credits would cost Australia $12.8 billion. Others questioned the validity of this number.

smh.com.au/business/the-e…
15. 2019 @BCAcomau - The BCA released a series of Tweets advocating for the use of Kyoto carry-over credits to meet Australia’s current greenhouse gas emissions target of 26-28%.

twitter.com/search?l=&q=cl…
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The sun is red and the #sydneysmoke is thick in the sky this morning. Vast areas of the country are ablaze.

So, what should our political leaders do in the crisis?

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.@ScottMorrisonMP I notice you just said that there is no evidence that links Australia's carbon emissions to bushfires? That's just not true. Here are 18 warnings by experts since the Coalition was elected in 2013, all of which have been ignored. #fires

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.@UNFCCC 2013: “What is absolutely clear is the science is telling us that there are increasing heat waves in Asia, Europe and Australia; that they [bushfires] will continue in their intensity and in their frequency." - Christiana Figueres @CFigueres

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The world is on fire. Forests are burning in Siberia, Indonesia, Brazil, Greenland, The Canary Islands and Alaska. What is to be done?
First, let’s state the obvious, we are in a #ClimateEmergency which is why more than 3 million Australians are now represented by local governments across the nation that have stepped up and voted in climate emergency declarations.
Second, as horrific as things are, we have to keep our eyes on the horizon. We know that through the fire and smoke, a flourishing future is still possible. That must be our morning star; our truest orientation.
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