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âWhile Australia is pledging at the human rights council to meet its 2030 Paris target, the Morrison government is announcing financing assistance to build a coalmine in Queensland,â said Sophie McNeill, a researcher for Human Rights Watch in Australia.
âPeople should not be surprised that a recent UN report listed Australia as last on action in response to climate change among more than 170 UN member states.â
In its statement to the human rights council, the government characterised immigration detention as âan essential component of effective border managementâ and said children were âdetained for the shortest practicable timeâ.
But McNeill said the governmentâs claim that Australia was committed to the human rights of refugees and asylum seekers was âabsurd so long as harmful offshore detention polices continue and people remain for years in immigration detentionâ.