Albanese kowtows to WA Labor Party/Roger Cook

September 24, 2025

That the lives of my eight grandchildren and their contemporaries may well be cut short by catastrophic global heating is of great concern. Ross Gittins highlights the “weak job” Albanese has done in addressing such pressing concerns. Compounding the inadequacy of the 2035 62%-70% emissions reduction target is an outrageous Labor decision that makes even this weak target significantly more difficult to reach.

The decision to extend the NW Shelf gas project to 2070 was appalling and should be revisited. This decision was largely driven by Labor’s WA branch which behaves like a subsidiary of the mining and gas industry.

It was the WA Premier, Roger Cook, who prior to the federal election pressured Albanese into sabotaging Tanya Plibersek’s efforts to strengthen the EPBC Act. Post-election, Albo removed Plibersek from the environment portfolio and installed Murray Watt whose brief was to satisfy the interests of Woodside and WA Labor.

It’s Albanese who bears responsibility for placing the interests of WA mining and gas industries and the WA Labor Party above those of the thousands Australian youngsters who face a bleak future with catastrophic climate change.