Stepping outside the parliament again and former Labor Senator for New South Wales Doug Cameron is addressing the Climate Integrity Summit, talking about trade, and securing Australia’s future in the context of the climate crisis.

“It is important to consider to the crisis in the context of how we improve society and create jobs,” Mr Cameron said.

He said short-term thinking is a “fundamental” problem in Australia and points out that fossil fuels are cheap because they are not held accountable.

“Fossil fuels remain cheap because they have never paid for the damage they have done,” he said.

“The has to be a shift away from coal.”