The right time': Climate-change action is the rallying cry for emerging independents
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Independents put climate change on the agendaThe Prime Minister is facing pressure from independents in several blue ribbon seats, and many of them are talking instead about climate change. The latest is Oliver Yates, who has today declared he'll run against the Treasurer Josh Frydenberg AlexHBeech
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Stuart Robert hits back at Oliver Yates over climate change snub | Sky News AustraliaStuart Robert has hit back at long-time Liberal Party member Oliver Yates after he claimed the current government was ‘not acting in accordance with its principles’ on climate change. \n\nThe member for Fadden in Queensland told Sky News on Wednesday his Liberal Party was on track to ‘meet its 2020 target and beat its 2030 target’ to reduce emissions to 26 to 28 per cent. \n\nMr Robert says the Prime Minister has committed to climate change targets so ‘the facts don’t stack up the way Mr Yates seems to think they do’. \n
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'Australia cannot be stalled on climate change policy any longer': Shorten | Sky News AustraliaFULL MEDIA CONFERENCE: Opposition leader Bill Shorten says Australia ‘cannot be stalled on climate change policy any longer’. \n\nMr Shorten says renewable energy policy uncertainty ‘is killing us’ and ‘this nation can’t afford to waste any more time’. \n\nThe Labor leader says the Coalition needs to act on climate change rather than ‘just waiting for another unhappy Liberal to run against them’. \n\nImage: News Corp Australia \n\n\n\n\n
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Climate change and political instability could disrupt global food securityMassive storms and political uncertainty are the kind of things the University of Tasmania's Richard Cottrell says could cause 'food shock'.
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Climate change an ‘increasing concern’ for Greg Hunt’s electorate | Sky News AustraliaClimate change is an increasing concern for Liberal MP Greg Hunt’s electorate of Flinders, according to State Political Reporter for the Herald Sun, Tom Minear.\n\nMr Minear says Scott Morrison's Liberal party does not have a strong focus on climate change, and after they lost the state election, Victoria Liberals said they should have made more of a stance on the issue.\n\nFormer Liberal MP Julia Banks has confirmed she will run against Mr Hunt in the Victorian seat. \n\n\n\n
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Community hit by mass shooting crying outIt’s been eight months since a West Australian grandfather left the tight-knit community of Margaret River reeling after shattering the silence of his Osmington property with a shotgun when he wiped out his four grandchildren, daughter and wife before turning it on himself.
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