Australia's Climate "Plan" - Treasury, Health Confirm They Didn't Even Model Econ/Health Impacts
The nation's bookkeepers have conceded to playing a minimal part in the Morrison government's climate change modelling and its impact on the economy.
During estimate hearings on Wednesday, Treasury confirmed only two of its workers were involved in the emissions goals announced by the Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources, conceding it had not even conducted an analysis of the climate modelling provided to the government from McKinsey.
Labor senator Jenny McAlister probed Treasury as to why only two workers were seconded to DISER on an issue which is has become politically centered around the impact decarbonising will have on Australia's resource reliant economy. "Why is that Treasury's advice was confined to seconding two officers and providing some information about the assumptions used in the modelling," Senator McAllister said.
Treasury secretary Steven Kennedy said the department had not yet conducted a detailed analysis of the net zero modelling, nor in his time as secretary, undertook research on climate change and its potential impact on the economy. "We have not [conducted] a detailed assessment of the McKinsey modelling," he said.
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