Australia's Climate Policy Under Siege: Carbon Offsets Crisis, Regional Pushback, and Data Breach

The Australian carbon offset system faces a credibility crisis as a new opinion piece argues the entire framework was built on a "claim that never made scientific sense" — the idea that new gas and coal mines could be approved as long as trees weren't chopped down. The climate science demands both reduced emissions AND forest protection, not one or the other. Ken Henry, former Treasury secretary, warns Australia's climate policy architecture is at risk of collapse from attacks by...