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Christine Milne carries environmental battle globally, trusts Greens to do this nationally

Christine Milne has left as Greens leader but continues to fight for the environment CHRISTINE Milne has resigned as Greens leader, but she still has ambitions to protect our future….

After the Abbott Government dismantled key climate-change policies she negotiated with former prime minister Julia Gillard, Milne has lost faith in Australia’s ability to help save the world from global warming. “There is no way Australia is going to do the right thing in any way, shape or form as long as he [Tony Abbott] is the prime minister but even if there was a Labor government elected there’s still going to be slow progress,” Milne says.

“Australia is not the place that’s going to drive the kind of policy action that’s necessary in the time frame that’s necessary because we’ve only got a few years to do this.”

It seems an oddly defeatist stance for someone in Milne’s position. If she has given up, why should other green-minded Australians bother fighting for change locally? She quickly qualifies her remarks by saying she has complete faith in the rest of her party to keep up the fight against Abbott while she tackles things globally.  http://www.themercury.com.au/lifestyle/christine-milne-has-left-as-greens-leader-but-continues-to-fight-for-the-environment/story-fnj64o6u-1227394566374

June 15, 2015 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | General News