‘Rubbish': Taxpayers fund $1.5 million climate summit trip despite increased carbon emissions
'How do you spend $20,000 per person?' Mr Canavan told Sky News host Danica De Giorgio.
'I don't think the taxpayer should be funding that – and I don't think they should be funding this rubbish because … what have they delivered for this enormous spending?
'The whole time we've been going to these climate conferences, guess what? Carbon emissions continue to go up.'
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