In the past Mr Frydenberg has said there was a “moral” case for the coal industry and expressed optimism about the longevity of the sector.

A point of some contention in Queensland recently has been the local Labor opposition and their renewed commitment to the coal industry. It seems the mounting evidence affirming the existance of climate change and some of the hottest temperatures on record were not enough to deter the party’s new direction.

Australia is an industrialized country and one of those where greenhouse gas emissions have gone through the roof as much as 29 tons per year. In the last 20 years amount of emissions that are generated per dollar of GDP are increased, this has made it emission intensive economy holder.