Alan Broughton 补苍诲听Elena Garcia argue that the Nationals' campaign聽to exclude agriculture from the 2030 emissions' cuts is not supported by farmers.
Charlie Prell
We don鈥檛 need to pray for rain, as Prime Minister Scott Morrison has suggested, we need to take serious climate action now, was the blunt message farmers delivered to federal parliament on September 10.聽
The farmers said the drought gripping NSW and Queensland had to be a wake-up call for politicians to take climate change seriously.
They also raised concerns that the Coalition government is attempting to stymie the development of wind power, which provides income for farmers and rural communities when agricultural income falls.
鈥淚f we want to look after people and the land as we repower New South Wales [with renewable energy] we have to fight for it鈥, George Woods from told a large rally of First Nations people, farmers and city-dwellers who took over Martin Place near NSW Parliament on March 24.