The climate change election: where do the parties stand on the environment?

As the global and local environment reaches crisis point, Australians have a clear choice at Saturday’s election. Here are the parties’ key policies

This has been called the climate change election, and with good reason: concern about the climate and environment has never been greater.

A Lowy Institute poll found nearly two out of three adults believe climate change is the most serious threat to Australia’s national interests, an 18-point-increase in five years. It was taken before a landmark UN global assessment defined the extent of the unprecedented biodiversity crisis facing the planet, with a million species at risk of extinction and potentially dire consequences for human society.

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