Zali Steggall , independent MP for Warringah, luring Liberals towards climate action
A matter of conscience’: Zali Steggall unveils plans for climate change act, https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/national/2020/02/10/zali-steggall-plans-climate-change-act/ Samantha Maiden She stole Tony Abbott’s blue-ribbon seat out from under the Liberal Party’s nose and now Zali Steggall is hoping to lure party dissidents to cross the floor and vote for climate change action.
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The legislation is modelled on the UK’s Climate Change Act and is designed to provide a national framework for action and mandatory annual reporting of Australia’s trajectory towards meeting reduction targets. “We need to set out a road map for Australia to become a low-carbon economy without all the fear-mongering and misinformation,” Ms Steggall said. “The big question all sensible Australians are asking is how? This is why we need a climate change act to set out a legislative framework.” |
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1.This month.
The Road to War brings a sharp focus to why it is not in Australia’s best interest to be dragged into a war with China which will almost inevitably go nuclear very quickly. The filmmaker has interviewed some of Australia’s senior foreign policy analysts who have vast experience behind them in analysing what really is going on here as the United States rattles its sabres with China. And sets us up to be its proxy, like the poor Ukranians have been fed into the Meatgrinder. So America can remain the Top Dog. The Road to War reveals how the United States through its spy base at Pine Gap and by stationing six nuclear capable B52 bombers in the Top End (without permission from the traditional owners) is making Australia a prime nuclear target if the current war of words suddenly melts down into full scale war.
The Road to War shows the implicit connection between Carbon emissions (the US military uses a whopping 70% of America’s annual petroleum to move its armies and vast War Machine around the globe to its 800+ military bases..but under a loophole wangled at Kyoto, the US military does not have to report its C02 annual emissions). The Road to War starts screening at selected cities and regional centres in March. See the trailer end for details.
Antinuclear 
The attached “Plan for a Climate Change Act” appears to be a classic case of “Way Too Little, Way Too Late”. It appears to be an attempt at compromise but in fact it is a sop to the anti-science, greed-is good, ultra-conservatives. It’s “long-term targets” approach is 30 years too late, what is needed now are “very short-term targets”.
If countries like Australia with record high per-capita emissions don’t drastically and quickly reduce their per-capita emissions then there is very little chance that “high rate of emissions growth” countries like China and India will slow down until they have similarly high per capita emissions. The consequences will then be unbearably high global emissions. In this case adaptation and mitigation will be irrelevant. Such a scenario would the global equivalent of a mudslide or avalanche.
Avoiding an environmental and economic avalanche requires immediate cut backs in economic growth fuelled per-capita emissions. Anything else is pure political grandstanding.
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