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Australian governments have committed to tackling the twin climate and biodiversity crises but continue to subsidise and approve fossil fuels and habitat destruction. While simple policy solutions exist, governments are instead relying on over-complicated market-based solutions to conceal the fundamental contradiction between support for fossil fuel production and promises to save the environment.

This was recorded on Wednesday 23rd November 2022 and things may have changed since recording.

The Australia Institute // @theausinstitute

Guests:

Richard Denniss, Executive Director, the Australia Institute // @RDNS_TAI

Polly Hemming, Senior Researcher, Climate & Energy Program, the Australia Institute // @pollyjhemming

Host: Ebony Bennett, Deputy Director, the Australia Institute // @ebony_bennett

Producer: Jennifer Macey // @jennifermacey

Edited by: Emily Perkins

Theme Music: Pulse and Thrum; additional music by Blue Dot Sessions

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