THIS WILD ELECTION: EP 8, How to #voteclimate, with Richie Merzian

Climate is the #1 issue this election for Australian voters. And yet politicians are making a meal of it and hiding their lacking climate policies in misinformation. This ep I outline each party’s climate policy (or lackthereof in the case of the Liberal National Party) and I invite The Australia Institute’s climate director Richie to sift through the classic climate lines/lies that are bandied about so that we can all navigate things more clearly, you know the ones, that we’re meeting our commitments “at a canter”, that EVs can’t tow a boat, that renewable energy kills jobs…

You can learn more about the Richie’s work The Australia Institute https://australiainstitute.org.au/expert/richie-merzian/

Here’s the ACF report I mention

https://assets.nationbuilder.com/auscon/pages/20278/attachments/original/1651099093/The_truth_about_jobs_creation_-_ACF_report.pdf?1651099093

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