Australia Co-hosting COP31?

The opposition leader has confirmed he will ditch Labor's plan to co-host a global United Nations climate change meeting with the Pacific if he wins the election, labelling the idea "madness".

Peter Dutton has also claimed that Australian taxpayers would have to pay "tens of billions" to host the event, a figure vastly higher than experts say it would cost.

The Coalition has long been sceptical of Labor's plan to host a Conference of the Parties global climate meeting with Pacific nations in 2026, and has repeatedly demanded that the ALP explain how much it would cost ...

"I saw Anthony Albanese catching up with an elderly lady and I hope he told her, she is struggling with the cost-of-living prices under Labor but the government is planning to spend tens of billions of taxpayer dollars on hosting a COP process that will not bring down power prices and will sign a Labor government up to giving tens or hundreds of millions of dollars out to third party countries.

"It's not something we are supporting — it is madness." ABCNews

To what extent do you AGREE/DISAGREE with Peter Dutton that there is little, if any, value in Australia co-hosting COP31? 

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