Sydney, 18 July 2016 – Responding to the appointment of Josh Frydenberg as minister for energy and environment, Greenpeace senior climate and energy campaigner Nikola Casule said:
“The appointment of Josh Frydenberg is a huge blow for the health of the Great Barrier Reef.
“Frydenberg’s views on climate change are an embarrassing relic from a different era.
“Australians have been clear in asking their government to choose the Great Barrier Reef over the coal industry.
“For Malcolm Turnbull to appoint a minister who still believes that there is still a strong moral case for coal even during the worst coral bleaching in the Great Barrier Reef’s history is clear show of contempt for the Australian public."