‘Newfound respect’ for expert advice should apply to climate change

Anthony Albanese says he hopes the governments newfound respect for science and expert advice will extend to areas beyond health post-COVID-19. The government had worked hand in hand with medical experts and scientists to build policy to assist Australia in the fight against the coronavirus. Speaking with Sky News, Mr Albanese said he hoped that collaboration continued beyond the pandemic and into other policy areas such as climate change. "Since 2013 theres no plan to deal with climate change and thats one of the things that I hope happens arising out of this, just as we were talking about listening to the medical experts, the Labor leader said. I think we should listen to science, much more on issues like climate change, and I hope that the government takes its newfound respect for science and expert advice and puts it into practice in other policy areas. Read More Our Apps