The Daily Telegraph is calling it a Bush Bloodbath. But could the crushing by-election defeat of the Liberal Party in a regional seat it has held safely since 1957 be more accurately described as a Climate Comeuppance?
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| Climate campaigner, Joe McGirr, dislodges the Liberal Party from the blue ribbon Riverina Electorate. |
The final numbers are not in yet, but it has been called: The blue ribbon Riverina electorate of Wagga Wagga has been won by an independent candidate called Joe McGirr – a medical doctor who puts climate change firmly at the top of his political agenda.
Dr Joe, according to an article published late last week in The Australian, is not for turning on this stance, and has gone as far as to have “written articles” about the dangers of the global warming and supported organisations like the Climate Council.
Read the RenewEconomy story by Sophie Vorrath - “Independent climate campaigner ends Liberals’ 61-year hold of Wagga Wagga.”
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