Responding to the budget, Dr Ann Young, Chair of the National Environment Working Group for the Anglican Church, applauded the climate change allowances as a 'positive' step but said the environmental focus was too 'narrow.'
Dr. Young said that key areas within the environmental issue were being left out, such as waste management or land management.
"The budget is almost entirely dominated by climate change and that means a whole lot of other major issues get left aside," Dr Young said to the Sydneyanglicans.net. "The climate change debate addresses energy supply and water supply, which are important issues, but doesn't address waste management or land management and those are big environmental issues."
On its website, TEAR Australia, states that climate change poses a 'grave' threat to the vulnerable and poor community. Tackling this issue is more than just an environmental issue, TEAR said, it is a matter of justice.
At the heart of the issue, TEAR goes on to say, is being responsible stewardship of God's creation.
"Tackling the causes of a changing climate, and minimising the harms, is a matter of justice. It is at the heart of responsible stewardship of God's Creation," said TEAR Australia on its website. "It is also at the core of our call to "defend the rights of the poor and needy."