The maintenance of policy continuity, read hostile denialism, is a result of a deliberate policy of ‘swapsies’ between the resource industry and the upper echelons of the LNP. For power, go to the seat of power.https://reneweconomy.com.au/minerals-council-of-australia-makes-global-top-10-climate-policy-opponents-57698/
I know I’m banging on a lot about the same thing, but here’s the thing. Personal action, supported by some businesses is always worth doing, but nothing beats making structural change to our political system – donation laws, real-time disclosure, proper Ministerial accountability, a National Integrity Commission among the changes needed. While you’re swapping your light- bulbs. Get down from the ladder and ring your MP and give them an earful!https://www.smh.com.au/environment/sustainability/happily-we-can-beat-environmental-melancholia-20190924-p52ucz.html
‘The group of people most feared in Australia’s boardrooms today would have to be the growing and increasingly sophisticated band of climate lobbyists.’https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/corporate-boards-that-pay-lip-service-to-climate-change-do-so-at-their-peril-20190926-p52v9v.html
Amanda, you are a most unpleasant and mean-spirited person. You must be the only one who thinks Greta Thunberg is on an ego trip. https://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/the-greta-thunberg-circus-has-become-a-complete-farce-20190926-p52v38.html From: Maelor Himbury <maelor@melbpc.org.au>Date: 27 …
All our drought – relief policies do is prop up uneconomic and unenvironmental farming in places where never should be. Oh, and they are a lucrative source of income for the Beetrooter Doughter Envoy. As Jason Alexander, ex-senior staffer at Land and Water Australia, says ‘NRM in Australia must recognise that bush burns, droughts happen and flood plains are for floods’.https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/sep/25/we-are-talking-about-drought-proofing-again-they-are-simplistic-solutions-that-will-destroy-australia
“You’re failing us, but the young people are starting to understand your betrayal. The eyes of all future generations are upon you. And if you choose to fail us, I say, we will never forgive you.” Spot on, Greta Thunberg, and the choice is a deliberate one.https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/top-quotes-from-the-un-climate-summit/news-story/5310fea9a2e58935c70609931602ff41
We have the worst politicians that money can buy with our current donations and election-spending laws. Little wonder people lose faith with the political process when a claimed billionaire can subvert the election to seek influence for his private interests – and coal interests at that.https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/sep/23/clive-palmer-60m-election-spend-shows-need-for-cap-advocates-say
Post of the Day More than 200 million people could be displaced by rising seas, UN climate report warns The latest special report by the UN’s climate change panel is …
Malcolm Roberts? Craig Kelly? Eric Abetz? Add your own LNP politician – and you might want to throw Joel Fitzgibbon, Parliamentary Friend of Coal, in there too.
This is not the ‘sixth extinction event’, it’s the ‘first extermination event’ for they know what they do. As the world is heating up, we need to put the heat on our politicians.https://www.theguardian.com/environment/commentisfree/2019/sep/20/this-isnt-extinction-its-extermination-the-people-killing-nature-know-what-theyre-doing