The agriculture minister says linking the drought affecting much of Australia to man-made climate change is a “big call” and he does not “give a rats if it’s man-made or not”.
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| Fiona Simson, David Littleproud and Matt Sorenson on the Q&A panel. The agriculture minister was accused of sounding like his predecessor, Barnaby Joyce. |
David Littleproud made the comment on the ABC’s Q&A program on Monday, which was filmed in Lismore in the northern rivers region of New South Wales. His comment was booed by the audience.
The northern rivers region, like most of NSW, southern Queensland, South Australia, southern Western Australia and parts of Victoria, has been affected by severe drought.
Read the story by Call Wahlquist from The Guardian - “‘Big call': minister refuses to link drought to climate change on Q&A.”
(It saddens, and distresses me that our Agriculture Minister David Littleproud doesn’t “give a rats if it’s man-made or not” when asked whether or not man-made climate change was linked to the present drought or worsening the difficulties farmers in Queensland and New South Wales were experiencing. His attitude is thoroughly irresponsible and so he should should immediately divest himself of his responsibilities, maybe even step down from parliament - Robert McLean)
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