Malcolm Turnbull set to axe Tony Abbott's Green Army environmental program

By Tom McIlroy
Updated December 5 2016 - 11:13pm, first published 1:19pm
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Environment and Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg.  Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Environment and Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Tony Abbott, Greg Hunt and former MP Peter Hendy at a Green Army project site this year. Photo: Andrew Meares
Tony Abbott, Greg Hunt and former MP Peter Hendy at a Green Army project site this year. Photo: Andrew Meares
Significant changes to major environment programs: Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. Photo: Andrew Meares
Significant changes to major environment programs: Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. Photo: Andrew Meares

Australia's environmental sector wants the Turnbull government to explain its plans for significant changes to major programs, including savings of more than $350 million from axing the Green Army - Tony Abbott's much-hyped employment project.