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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Lisa Cox

Pocock seeks to impose duty of care on Australian government over climate harm

Independent senator David Pocock speaking in Parliament House
Independent senator David Pocock’s proposal would force the federal government to consider the wellbeing of future generations when making decisions on projects that could increase greenhouse gas emissions. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

The independent senator David Pocock will call for a duty of care in Australian law that would require governments to consider the impact of climate harm on young people in their decision-making.

With July on track to be the world’s hottest month on record, the ACT senator will move his first private members’s bill, which calls for new conditions to be enshrined in Australia’s Climate Change Act.

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