Along with making announcements about new bills and highlighting why decision makers need to take ethical responsibility when making decisions that impact future decisions, Independent Senator for the ACT David Pocock has given some insight as to how strident the fossil fuel industry can be when lobbying.

The fossil fuel industry has a very big stick and they’re not afraid to use it and as soon as they get what they want, that’s okay, ad this is the next thing and this is the next thing,” he said.

Whereas the climate environmental movement has been so focused on ‘okay, we’re going to try and influence this minister and there’s not that hard price to pay publicly’.

I don’t know, maybe people are just too nice, but it is a stark contrast now.”

A call on environment groups to up the pressure perhaps?