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Over 60,000 Jobs at Risk: Senator Questions Labor’s Signing of Climate Change Declaration

The declaration is non-binding but does signal a country’s support for implementing policies to limit global warming.
Over 60,000 Jobs at Risk: Senator Questions Labor’s Signing of Climate Change Declaration
COP30 President Andre Correa do Lago (C) speaks during a plenary session of the COP30 UN Climate Change Conference in Belem, Brazil on Nov. 21, 2025. Pablo Porciuncula/AFP via Getty Images
Alfred Bui
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Nationals Senator Matt Canavan has criticised the Labor government for signing up to a global commitment to phase out fossil fuels, arguing that it would put tens of thousands of people out of work.

In late November 2025, Australia signed the Belém Declaration on the Transition Away from Fossil Fuels at the COP30 U.N. Climate Summit in Brazil, alongside 23 other countries.

Alfred Bui
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Alfred Bui is an Australian reporter based in Melbourne and focuses on local and business news. He is a former small business owner and has two master’s degrees in business and business law. Contact him at [email protected].