This week in Sydney, the federal government hosted a high-level meeting on forests and climate. While Greenpeace welcomes the government talking about serious responses to climate change and global deforestation, the proposed policies are unlikely to make a serious contribution to combating climate change.
Dimity Williams lives in Ashburton, Victoria. Her electorate is Higgins and her local MP is just about as high profile as they come – he’s the federal treasurer.
Having Peter Costello as her local representative didn’t stop this 39-year-old mother and doctor from meeting with him to talk about an issue she is deeply concerned about - climate change.
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Greenpeace activists dump tonnes of coal outside the NSW Department of Planning to protest the state’s approval of new water-guzzling coalmines at a time of acute water scarcity.
