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Newsroom edition: the climate crisis has disappeared from the election agenda
9 snips Apr 10, 2025
Nour Haydar hosts Patrick Keneally, Deputy Editor at Guardian Australia, and Adam Morton, Climate and Environment Editor at Guardian Australia. They dive into the alarming trend of climate issues vanishing from the election agenda. The discussion reveals a stark disconnect between voters' environmental concerns, especially among younger citizens, and political narratives focused on cost of living. The urgency of Australia's extinction crisis is also spotlighted, along with critiques of current environmental policies and campaign tactics that overlook critical climate action.
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Hidden Climate Election
- The 2024 Australian election is another climate election, but it's not being explicitly framed as such.
- Issues like cost of living and energy policy are being discussed, but the underlying climate crisis connection is often ignored.
Nature's Absence
- While climate change is less openly discussed, nature is almost entirely absent from the current election debate.
- Recent surveys reveal that nature is a significant concern for voters, potentially more so than public discussion suggests.
Bogong Moth Decline
- Bogong moths, once plentiful in Parliament House, have drastically declined in recent years.
- This personal observation highlights the rapid decline of the species, which has ecological and cultural implications.