Our farmers must rally for climate change action

With no clear action on climate or energy policies, Australian farmers are scratching their heads and wondering how they can drive change.  

Verity Morgan-Schmidt is CEO of Farmers for Climate Action.

The Federal Government is failing to help. They are talking about extending the life of old, polluting coal-fired power stations; more subsidies and taxpayer assistance to the fossil fuel industry; and pressuring states to frack more gas – an industry that directly competes for prime agricultural land. 

They can’t be thinking of our interests. Farmers are the ones already impacted by climate change – look no further than heatwaves and severe rain shortages in parts of the country. We are also dealing with soaring energy costs. 

Read the opinion from The Advocate - “Our farmers must rally for climate change action.”