Greens policies explained
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April 2016 | Wendy Laing
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APPROXIMATELY 60 people recently attended a public meeting held by the Greens party in Deloraine House to discuss issues affecting the Meander Valley area.
The meeting was chaired by Ms Inger Visby, the Deloraine Lions Branch co-coordinator, who introduced Senator Peter Whish-Wilson and Senator Nick McKim to the audience.
Senator Whish-Wilson spoke briefly about his views on the effects of climate change on the environment and how he felt that the proposed sacking of CSIRO scientists would have a devastating impact on the work being carried out in this area.
Senator McKim talked about global warming and the effects and impacts this would have on Tasmania. He felt that more thought should be put into renewable energy.
Both Senators were in favour of changes to the voting system and a discussion was held regarding how this could affect Senate candidates in a double dissolution.
The main discussion was on the recent fires in Tasmania and their effect on the World Heritage listed forests.
A question was asked about whether heavy machinery from the private sector should have been allowed into the World Heritage area as soon as the fires had been reported, even though it would have, at this stage, been illegal.
Whether the response to the fires from the Tasmanian government could have been initiated more quickly was also questioned.
Senator Whish-Wilson was asked about his stand regarding the billions being spent on the military instead of being invested in Australian communities.
He said that although we do need a defence force to protect Australia, he would continue to argue that it was appropriate that we gave thought to the costs of climate change, which has caused heatwaves, bushfires and droughts that cost lives and damaged the economy.
