For over a decade, Australian politics has been defined by the "climate wars," a fierce debate over balancing the nation's immense wealth from mining exports with the urgent global need to decarbonize. With the rise of "Teal" independents and Green activism, the pressure to stop all new extraction sites has become a central wedge issue. Proponents argue that approving new projects locks in decades of warming and creates "stranded assets" that will become worthless as the world transitions to net zero. Opponents argue that Australian coal and gas are cleaner than the alternatives and that banning them would devastate the economy, spike energy bills, and cost thousands of regional jobs.
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