Zali Steggall urges 'modern Liberals' to support her proposed climate change bill

The independent MP Zali Steggall is calling on self-styled “modern Liberals” to support legislation to establish a new climate change framework, warning them to ignore the views of their constituents “at their peril”.

Zali Steggall - a plea to modern Liberals.

Steggall, who toppled Tony Abbott in the Sydney seat of Warringah at the May 2019 election, largely on a platform of climate change action, is finalising draft legislation for a “national climate change framework” that sets out a roadmap for Australia to transition to a decarbonised economy.

The legislation is modelled on the UK’s Climate Change Act, passed in 2008, and mirrors framework laws in place in New Zealand and Ireland. Germany and Fiji are considering similar draft legislation.

Read the story from The Guardian by Sarah Martin - “Zali Steggall urges 'modern Liberals' to support her proposed climate change bill.” 

‘Modern Liberals': Dave Sharma and Tim Wilson rebrand over climate change

They’re billing themselves as the Modern Liberals. Which begs the question who are the old-school Liberals?

 Liberal candidate Dave Sharma is aiming to pry eastern Sydney
seat of Wentworth away from independent MP Kerryn Phelps.

Dave Sharma, the Liberals’ candidate for Wentworth in Sydney’s east, and Tim Wilson, the member for Goldstein, covering Melbourne’s bayside suburbs, have both begun postering their electorates with corflutes that carry the tagline, “modern Liberal”.

More moderate Liberals are expected to follow suit in city electorates that are under pressure from independents and Greens, who are running on platforms of doing more about climate change.

Sharma’s posters don’t even carry the usual Liberal party logo.

Read the story from The Guardian by Anne Davies - “‘Modern Liberals': Dave Sharma and Tim Wilson rebrand over climate change.”