The State Government’s green credentials are in tatters after yet another damning report found it was failing to meet its own environmental targets and used dodgy figures to cover it up.
An Auditor-General report slammed the State Government for its significant lack of detail on how it will reach its 50% renewable energy target by 2030.
It also found the Government had failed to include 1,000 GWh of diesel generation and used questionable calculations to claim it was on track to meet its targets.
That means the Government is not even halfway towards meeting its 2030 targets on renewables or emissions reduction.
Shadow Minister for the Environment Sam O’Connor said the Government had betrayed Queenslanders.
“This is typical of this third-term government - it’s about how things look, not how things actually are,” he said.
“The Minister should hang his head in shame.”
Mr O’Connor said today’s revelations joined a litany of failures on the environment by the State Government.
Mr O’Connor said the failures showed the Government was not serious about the environment.
“This Government loves talking a big game when it comes to the environment but when you actually look at the details this couldn’t be further from the truth,” he said.
“It’s not good enough to just set a target because it sounds good, you need to deliver it.
“The Energy Minister and the Environment Minister are failing to do their jobs and the precious natural assets of Queensland are paying the price.”