Ipsos poll: Voters back Labor to deal with climate change

Michael Koziol. 

Only half the Coalition's voters believe it is the best to handle climate change, as the Morrison government struggles to manage a damaging split over the Adani mine and shift the focus back to Labor’s energy policies.

As the government ramps up pressure on the opposition over the environment and electric cars, it has also asked bureaucrats to model the economic impact of Labor's climate change agenda and plans to run hard against the proposals once the analysis is done.

Read the story from The Age by Michael Koziol - “Ipsos poll: Voters back Labor to deal with climate change.”

Cuts will hamper community groups in their helping role

Community groups will play a lead role when extreme weather events resulting from climate change unfold to trouble societies.

However, today’s Melbourne Age reports that the community sector in Victoria will not be equipped to handle natural disasters and emergencies, leaving vulnerable people at risk if disaster strikes.

The story: “Community sector struggles to cope after state and federal funding cuts” tells readers, “It is estimated that in the event of an emergency, about half of all community sector organisations would be out of operation for a week if they sustained serious damage – and many might never provide services again, according to a recent Victorian Council of Social Services report.”