'It tells a story of crisis and decline in Australia's environment, and of a decade of government inaction and willful ignorance.'
government of former Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison back in December 2021. But the right-wing government opted not to release it ahead of the 2022 elections in May, when voters swept Morrison from power in favor of the Labor Party.
"The state and trend of the environment of Australia are poor and deteriorating as a result of increasing pressures from climate change, habitat loss, invasive species, pollution, and resource extraction," states the report, which notes that"over the past two centuries, Australia has lost more mammal species than any other continent and continues to have one of the highest rates of species decline" among wealthy nations.
"I won't be putting my head in the sand," Plibersek said."Under Labor, the environment is back on the priority list."
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