greens top environmental credentials

The Australian Conservation Foundation’s first assessment of the main political parties’ climate and environment policies gives both Liberal and Labor a score below 50 per cent.

The scorecard rates the policies of the Coalition, Labor, the Greens, the Democrats and Family First on climate change, water and the environment.

The scorecard gives the Greens first place, with a score of 93/100, the Democrats a score of 90, 49 for Labor, 31 for Family First, with the Coalition coming last at 21.