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Senate Environment and Communications References Committee (part 2 of 2)

16 September 2025

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The chair opens the hearing’s first panel, explains parliamentary privilege, and invites bushfire survivors and climate NGOs to give opening statements on the National Climate Risk Assessment, escalating bushfire impacts, ambitious 2035 targets and a proposed corporate climate levy.

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Panel 1 opening — climate NGOs and survivors

15:06

Panel 1 introduced — climate NGOs and survivors

15:06

Opening statements — climate risk, delay and corporate levy

16:33

Panel 1 Q&A — bushfire impacts, insurance and fossil fuel phase‑out

25:40

Waters Q&A — bushfire survivors, insurance and fossil subsidies

25:40

2035 target ambition — CANA and Climate Council positions

32:51

Changing bushfire geography and overlapping fire seasons

38:04

Fossil fuel phase‑out — timeline and export question

41:54

Using the climate risk assessment for local adaptation

43:50

Net zero politics — coalition retreat and community impact

50:21

Property value losses and climate risk — Senator Smith

53:28

Panel 2 opening — environment, marine, biodiversity and health evidence

58:05

Panel 2 introduced — environment, marine, biodiversity and health

58:05

ACF opening — report delay and fossil export system

01:00:36

Biodiversity Council — climate risk to nature and funding gap

01:04:02

Marine conservation — reef bleaching and gas approvals

01:06:43

Doctors for the Environment — health and ethical duty

01:10:11

Panel 2 Q&A — fossil projects, ecosystem collapse and health risks

01:13:18

Waters Q&A — Northwest Shelf climate bomb and Woodside

01:13:18

Reef survival prospects under 2–3°C warming

01:16:57

Extinction risk and species movement under warming

01:19:11

Climate‑driven health burden and pressure on hospitals

01:21:43

Timing of risk report and nature repair market design

01:27:34

Net zero retreat debate — science, economics and politics

01:33:50

South Australian toxic algal bloom — health advice and cascading risks

01:39:12

Closing of hearing — final statements and adjournment

01:45:46

Closing remarks and adjournment of the hearing

01:45:46

Senate Environment and Communications References Committee (part 2 of 2)

16 September 2025

Senate Environment and Communications References Committee Tue, 16 Sept 2025 Australian Parliament

15:06 - 15:45

Speaker 11

I now welcome representatives from Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action, the Climate Action Network Australia, and the Climate Council of Australia. Thank you for all being, with us via video conference today. I understand that information on parliamentary privilege and the protection of witnesses and evidence, giving evidence to senate committees has been provided to you. For the hand side record, I'd like each of you to state your full names and the capacities in which you appear, and I will just call each of you out so that we're not talking over the top of each other. And we'll start with you, mister Mullins.

15:47 - 15:57

Speaker 41

Thank you very much, senator. My name is Gregory Philip Mullins. I'm representing the Climate Council of Australia and Emergency Leaders for Climate Action.

15:58 - 16:00

Speaker 3

Thank you. Miss Baxter?

16:03 - 16:09

Speaker 31

Thank you, senator. My name is Ellie Baxter, and I'm representing the Climate Action Network Australia.

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