The New Way?
With all the
talk about a new way, where is the vision for a real new Australia, one that is
powered by a green economy driving renewable energy, one that values our
environment as much as the digging up of our resources?
Where is the
coherence between agreeing we must address climate change (as all parties
say they will) and what a low carbon economy looks like? To get there
means a government must ask, amongst other questions, how does
this policy decision help to reduce carbon emissions. This means
thinking about everything - policies like roads over rail, coal seam
gas extraction over farming, big houses and extended outer suburbs
over smaller tighter living.
I look for
this coherent vision, and see only bits and pieces cobbled together as add-ons,
while the juggernaut of not-rocking-the-boat powers on.
And when the
next extreme weather event strikes us, and we mutter about the forces of nature
and how powerless we are, where will be the voice to point out the connection
between our decisions today, and disasters tomorrow.
Carolyn Ingvarson
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