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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advocated for a repeal of the carbon tax: “The Business Council of Australia similarly urged that the carbon tax be repealed due to the high costs on business.”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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