“I think this sends a very important signal to politicians and business that the Australian community now is actually solidly supporting action and have great expectations on both politicians and business that we get on with it.”
“The sense of urgency has been dampened by frustration with political squabbling, scare campaigns and setbacks. Despite this, there is a strong expectation for leadership and action on climate change, a transition to renewable energy and the phasing out of coal. Perhaps surprisingly, despite the frustration, most task the national level of government with the role of leading, but also support state action.”
The results are especially timely, given the senate is currently populated with brazen climate change deniers like Malcolm Roberts, whose apparent chief mission statement for his political career is to demand he be shown “empirical evidence” that climate change exists, only to petulantly avoid eye contact when actual real-life scientists do so repeatedly.
“We’re also seeing international action, US and China working together, but importantly, people are seeing and literally can touch and feel and kick the tyres of cheap and accessible clean energy, clean transport.”
So there you have it, folks. In one day we’ve gotten solid data suggesting that not only is there just one electorate in the country that would vote down marriage equality by a majority margin, but that a majority of Australians believe climate change is real, and think that it’s up to the Federal Government to do something about it.
