Greens Senator Kerry Nettle today condemned the federal Government for its head in the sand response to climate change, stating that their inaction is directly hurting communities throughout regional NSW.
“As long as the Government remains stubborn about this issue, droughts across the state are getting worse.” Senator Nettle said.
“Band-aid efforts to assist drought-stricken areas do not address the much bigger problem of climate change which the CSIRO link to the threat of worsening drought conditions in the future
Recent drought figures from the NSW Farmers Association have revealed that the percentage of NSW which is officially drought-declared has increased to over 60% (up from 46% in April, 24% in January and 18% in December 2005).
Last week the Prime Minister indicted that even through President Bush is planning to reverse his stance on climate change, he is happy for Australia to go it alone in defying the international consensus on climate change.
“It would be an enormous embarrassment if Australia was the only country in the world not acting to address climate change.” Senator Nettle said.
“This is one of the biggest issues facing the world at the moment, and with the present Government attitude we are becoming an environmental rogue state.
“The Greens recognise the need to tackle climate change head on by transitioning our economy away from carbon based fuels to renewable energy sources. Such measures will ensure a secure, productive future for regional NSW.”
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