Impacts of Kyoto Protocol policy are still felt on-farm

Mike Foley
January 14 2019 - 4:00am
Former Prime Minister John Howard and his Environment Minister Robert Hill signed Australia to the Kyoto Protocol in 1998. Photo by Penny Bradfield.
Former Prime Minister John Howard and his Environment Minister Robert Hill signed Australia to the Kyoto Protocol in 1998. Photo by Penny Bradfield.

Recently declassified Cabinet papers reveal the Howard Government grappled with a range of competing concerns as it deliberated over signing the Kyoto protocol, as it balanced the international push for greenhouse gas reductions against its desire to shield Australian industry from economic impacts.

Mike Foley

Mike Foley

National rural reporter

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