Scott Morrison says Australia's record on climate change misrepresented by media

PM trumpets his country's achievements in address to UN general assembly

Scott Morrison signalled that Australia is unlikely to update its emissions reduction commitments under the Paris agreement before a speech to the UN in which he declared that the media was misrepresenting the country's climate change record.

During a press conference before his UN speech at a recycling facility in Brooklyn, the prime minister said he wouldn't characterise "misrepresentations" about Australia's climate stance as fake news.