Overseas, Albanese sees ‘the very definition of climate injustice’ – but at home, he still wants coal

It isn’t hard to see a contradiction between the PM’s message in Fiji and his opposition to legal action to stop a NSW coalmine

Adam Morton in Nadi, Fiji

Published Oct 7, 2026

Overseas, Albanese sees ‘the very definition of climate injustice’ – but at home, he still wants coal

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There are unlikely to be many bigger moments in Australian action on the climate crisis this year than a judgment by the high court on Wednesday.

In what is likely to prove a historic victory, the court sided with community members in the Hunter Valley to strike down a state regulator’s approval of a massive coalmine expansion that could have kept it operating until 2048.

Source: The Guardian ↗

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