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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Peter Hannam

Peter Dutton ‘the alternative PM from the alt-right’ heading Coalition’s ‘cabal of climate denial’, Chris Bowen claims

Peter Dutton
Chris Bowen has labelled Peter Dutton ‘the alternative prime minister from the alt right’ for the Coalition’s stance on the climate crisis. Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian

Australia’s progress on tackling the climate emergency is at risk of being reversed by “the alternative prime minister from the alt right”, Peter Dutton, who is leading a Coalition containing a “cabal of climate denial”, the climate and energy minister, Chris Bowen, says.

In a speech on Tuesday morning in Sydney to the annual Australian Clean Energy Summit, Bowen mixed fresh details of the Albanese government’s carbon emissions plans with criticism of the opposition’s stance on climate action.

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