Media Release
Mark Butler MP.
Shadow Minister for EnvironmentClimate Change and Water
Tony
Abbott’s Budget of twisted priorities has slashed billions of dollars
from environment programs and agencies while finding $2.6 billion to pay
big polluters to keep polluting.
Shadow
Environment Minister Mark Butler said the Budget rips funds from
grassroots environmental programs, CSIRO, the Bureau of Meteorology and
renewable energy initiatives.
“Tony
Abbott’s destruction of Australia’s environment protection system ruins
any chance Australia has to prepare for the environmental challenges of
the future,” Mr Butler said.
“This
Budget takes the Abbott Government’s assault on the environment and
climate to a new level, and shows a disdain for science and research
that threatens decades of investment and innovation.”
The
Budget also breaks a promise not to cut Landcare funding, ripping $483
million out of Landcare and conservation programs. It also cuts $10
million from the Bureau of Meteorology, $2.8 million from the Great
Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, and scraps climate science research
programs across government agencies.
Mr
Butler said the Budget compounds the Abbott Government’s woeful
environmental record, which in just six months has sought to abolish
world-leading carbon pricing and clean energy programs, while preparing
to pay big polluters billions to continue polluting.
“Tony Abbott’s Budget of broken promises threatens jobs and projects by scrapping the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA).”
“Scrapping
ARENA and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation sends Australia
backwards in clean energy development,” Mr Butler said.
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