Live: Chris Bowen won't detail final cost of pre-COP meeting
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will attend a pre-COP meeting in Fiji today with Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen.
Follow all the updates in our live blog.
Joyce points to China's construction of coal-fired power stations
By Joshua Boscaini
By Joshua Boscaini
One Nation MP Barnaby Joyce says his party would would use taxpayer money to build new coal-fired power stations in Australia.
Speaking to Channel Seven, Joyce has pointed to China as an example for building new coal-fired power stations.
"You'd have to look at what they're doing in China. They just roll them basically off the plans," Joyce says
"If you if you go to build something that's first of type, you're going to pay a lot more money than if you build something that's more affordable."
But Labor MP Josh Burns has called the plan "mad" and has accused Joyce of wearing a "tinfoil hat".
"Our productivity of Australia is something that's so important, right? We need to make sure we're producing more. And the idea that we would go back and take away all of the science based renewable energy projects is just mad," Burns says.
Pre-COP kicks off today in Fiji
By Romy Stephens
By Romy Stephens
Bula from warm and humid Fiji 🌴🍹
Pre-COP is kicking off today and I'll be your eyes and ears on the ground, bringing you everything you need to know over coming days.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen are set to attend.
Pre-COP is a multi-day United Nations event featuring high-level climate talks, ahead of next month's main conference.
You might recall that Australia handed hosting rights for COP31 to Türkiye in exchange for Bowen becoming President of Negotiations.
The deal also meant a lead-up event would be held in Fiji and Tuvalu, which is why we're here!
You can read more about the event as well as the pressure that's being applied to Australia to stop expanding coal and gas projects in the link below.
Good morning 👋
By Joshua Boscaini
By Joshua Boscaini
Hello and welcome to our federal politics live blog! It's great to have you join us here early this Monday morning.
I'm Josh Boscaini joining you live from Parliament House in Canberra, here and ready to bring you all of today's federal politics news.
The PM and climate change minister are off to pre-COP in Fiji today ahead of next month's main conference. Expect to hear more about that.
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