Morrison government rejects call to phase out coal power ahead of UN session on Australia's human rights record

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : In its statement to the human rights council, the government characterised immigration detention as "an essential component of effective border management" and said children were "detained for the shortest practicable time".
52% : The Marshall Islands - which, together with other Pacific nations, regards climate change as an existential threat - had recommended in an earlier session that Australia "work consistently towards its target in conformity with the Paris Agreement to keep global warming below 1.5°C, by phasing out the use of coal".
43% : The options, he said, were to "accept responsibility for past wrongs and work towards being a global leader on human rights, or continue to fail to protect rights in critical areas like the treatment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and refugees and people seeking asylum".
42% : But Australia accepted three other climate and disaster-related recommendations, including a call from Haiti to "take tangible and sustainable steps to tackle the adverse effects of climate change, drawing on Australia's potential to produce and export renewable energy".
38% : The government has rejected a call from Norway to consider abolishing mandatory sentencing laws and rebuffed calls from Haiti and Cambodia to increase foreign aid to 0.7% of gross national income.

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