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Dec 31 • 14:00 UTC • 🇬🇧 UK • Guardian

Cabinet papers reveal Alexander Downer warned of dire climate change outcomes in 2005

Recently released cabinet papers show that in 2005, then Foreign Minister Alexander Downer cautioned the Howard government about the increasing urgency of climate change and its potentially devastating effects on Australia.

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