# Abroad, Albanese calls climate injustice ‘the very definition’ – but still backs coal at home

https://mins.news/en/item/89795

- The Guardian, 2026-10-07 14:00 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/08/overseas-albanese-sees-the-very-definition-of-climate-injustice-but-at-home-he-still-wants-coal

> Anthony Albanese highlighted climate injustice at a climate meeting in Fiji and joined Pacific leaders on a visit to Tuvalu. Yet he had opposed legal action seeking to stop a New South Wales coalmine expansion. Australia’s high court has overturned regulatory approval for the Mount Pleasant expansion in the Hunter Valley.

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