'Polluter pays': welfare lobby demands climate compensation for people on low incomes
by Paul Karp from Environment | The Guardian on (#4ET5K)
Social services statement backs Labor's emissions reduction target as a minimum
Action on climate change should make polluters pay and include compensation for people on low incomes, according to the social services sector.
The Australian Council of Social Services and others have called for "at least" a 45% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 coupled with regular indexation of the energy supplement to compensate welfare recipients.
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