Link to the Show / Show NotesThe Environment Minister Peer Garrett has criticised the Opposition for not taking a new parliamentary report on rising sea levels seriously.
The report from the bipartisan parliamentary committee warned that some Australians may be forced to evacuate from their homes in coastal areas, if sea levels continue to rise.
With almost a quarter of a million houses built within three kilometres of the Australian coastline, the committee warned that thousands of people could be displaced if levels rise by a predicted 80 centimetres this century.
However some in the Coalition remain unconcerned, with Liberal MP Tony Abbott saying he hasn't noticed any rise in the surf around his beachside electorate.
Caroline Davey has more.
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