Nick Champion (Wakefield, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I rise to table the community climate petition as approved by the Petitions Committee. On 2 August this year, a group of committed climate advocates from my electorate met at my office to present their petition, signed by nearly 1,000 residents in Wakefield. The petition calls on the government to commit to a further reduction of emissions by developing a plan to reach zero net greenhouse gas emissions before 2050. The petition also calls for Australia to be a more proactive global citizen by supporting our neighbouring countries suffering from the effects of global warming. The community climate petition was a community led project from the Gawler Interchurch Council, giving voice to the majority of the public who are tired of anti-climate-change rhetoric. I would like to thank Peter and Gill Caunce and the Gawler Interchurch Council, Graham Brockman, Barry Neylon and Deborah Russell, and student leaders Luke Molett and Macey Ferdinands from Trinity College, who took the time to meet with me in the office and present me with their very important petition.