Doctors for the Environment Australia speak out on Australia’s disgraceful response to climate change

Climate Change needs to be addressed on a local and National level….politicians need to address this issue now, not react to the latest poll results.

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Climate change: Australia’s position is unconscionable for a wealthy country http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-29/climate-change-health-impacts-who-adani-nt-fracking-australia/9702386   By David Shearman  

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“There is no planet B” says President Macron in an electrifying speech to Congress, yet for most of us climate change is of much less concern than the cost of living, taxes, schools and health services.

As a slow creeping threat, “unlikely to affect me much anyway”, climate change is easy to dismiss and therefore is never high on the election stakes where it is easy for our leaders to say they are doing everything they should — which they are not.

So as a doctor, why am I distressed by the announcement that gas resources in NT are to be developed and fracked? After all, the NT government indicates it can be managed safely, will occur in sparsely populated regions, will bring…

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