'Economic, political, social and moral challenge of the century' - Hewson

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he need for climate change action and the disappointment in Australia’s diminished response to climate change and the political intrigue surrounding the issue were among points made the John Hewson at Box Hill on Saturday night.

Former Liberal leader, John Hewson - climate
change is the 'economic, political, social
and moral challenge of this century'.

The former Liberal Party leader was the keynote speaker at a Divestment Forum and Expo in the Box Hill Town Hall.

“Since the early 1990’s, the way that short term politics has cut across sensible and rational public debate, in fact distorting a very significant constituency, we’ve ended up with possibly the worst possible of circumstances as we sit here in this country today,” he told those at the forum.

A full report on the forum - “Former Liberal Party leader: Climate change is the ‘economic, political, social and moral challenge of this century’’’ – can be found on the Robb Version website.