Yet clarity is sparse and confusion abounds.īack in early 2017, there was a lot of tut-tutting when then-Treasurer, now Prime Minister Scott Morrison held aloft a lump of coal in the federal parliament.
Said within our own circles, by the media, by scientists, and by the politicalĪnd economic elites. Make sense of this, more and more of us are becoming alert to what is being Has cut away at the illusion of certainty. For some, the ‘dark knowledge’ of impending catastrophe There’s more talk of “the changing climate” and what and who might beĭriven by the unknown and an accompanying sense of trepidation about what might Over more frequent extreme weather events. January boil-over were already sending clear signs of growing public disquiet Plates of Australia’s politics have shifted too. Operations in light of more natural disasters and potential civil unrest. As in many other countries, the military is reviewing its Hiking up premiums, while the Reserve Bank is telling businesses to wake up the Insurance companies have certainly got the message, Shocked and bewildered by all this, as if introduced unexpectedly to a new form And then there were the dead fish in the Murray Darling Basin,Īnother ghoulish occurrence of epic proportions.
Townsville was overcome byīiblical floods, and the drought in various parts of the country continued Thousands of hectares of bush, old forest and umpteen houses were reduced toĪshes, and millions of animals were burnt alive. Victoria, Queensland and parts of NSW and Western Australia burned. Not even the most obdurate denialist, could help but acknowledge what occurred In climate change or not – it’s often couched as a matter of faith – no-one, Seeds of doubt than to affirm the bleeding obvious. Even the Murdoch mob have taken note, more in an effort to sow further Some sections of the media just can’t get enough of it, especially the Fairfax Have noticed the sudden stampede of interest in all thing’s climate change? Dr Richard Hil has a plan for the future. The destruction wrought by climate change is not a case of if, but when. DON’T MISS ANYTHING! ONE CLICK TO GET NEW MATILDA DELIVERED DIRECT TO YOUR INBOX, FREE!
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