The Sky Is Falling

Opinion Piece By Federal Member For Dawson Andrew Willcox

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The sky is falling. We’re all going to drown. And if we don’t, we’ll die of heatstroke. That’s the kind of doomsday rhetoric being pushed by Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen and the Albanese government. Why? Because Labor believes fear keeps them in power and they want every voter to be scared.

Last week’s Climate Risk Report, commissioned by the Albanese Government, is the latest chapter in Labor’s long running campaign of alarmism and climate armageddon. It warns of property destruction from rising sea levels, increased heat related deaths, and the collapse of civilisation by 2050 unless we submit to a radical climate agenda.

What’s not mentioned in the report is the cost of Labor’s so called solutions. Power bills and insurances are soaring and grocery prices are biting harder than ever, while our children are being raised in a culture of climate anxiety. And who will ultimately pay the price for Labor’s climate lunacy? Every one of us. And for what gain?

We’re being told to dismantle our economy, cancel projects, and reshape our lives while the world’s biggest emitters, China, India, the U.S. continue to power ahead, not to mention that in the coming decades African nations with exploding populations may too become more energy hungry.

The government’s climate policies are under pressure. Renewable projects are being shelved and investors are pulling out. While more and more countries around the world turn off to Net Zero targets, the government refuses to consider alternative solutions like nuclear and it remains fact that coal is still the cheapest source of energy in Australia. Farmers voices are growing louder in opposition to prime agricultural lands being destroyed by mega solar and wind projects.

The timing too of this report is no accident. It was the pre cursor to the Governments long awaited revised emission targets, announced only a few days later. To compensate for 2030 targets being well off track, the government has decided to double down and go even harder announcing an even more ambitious target of a 62%–70% emissions reduction on 2005 levels by 2035, and this will translate to increased costs hitting Aussie households.

The global climate is changing. It has always changed and it will continue to change. Instead of painting a grim all is lost picture, Australia should be looking at ways to adapt and even take advantage of potential changes. We need practical outcomes, not panic and economic self-destruction. Let’s focus on lifting living standards, not tearing down industries based on what ifs and maybes.

Deep down, the government isn’t worried about 2050 at all, but they want voters to be. They are only worried about the 2028 election.

We need a government who will build people up, not frighten them into submission. Enough with the scare tactics. Let’s talk about real world solutions that don’t destroy livelihoods along the way.

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