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Shabrem
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24 Feb 2020, 12:50 am

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Meeting climate change targets has for the first time emerged as a greater priority for voters than keeping energy prices down, with more people now also claiming they would be prepared to wear at least some cost to achieve it.

An exclusive Newspoll conducted for The Australian, however, shows significantly more people believe a failure to conduct adequate hazard reduction burns was the main cause for the severity of the summer bushfires, rather than climate change.

A total of 56 per cent of those polled said they believed that state and territory government failure to conduct adequate hazard reduction was the main contributor compared with 35 per cent supporting the argument for climate change as the primary cause.


https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation ... 162da9b299



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24 Feb 2020, 1:12 am

Newsflash: This is a newspoll conducted on the readers of the broadsheet Australian Newspaper who are traditionally conservative voters so the only surprise was the % wasn't higher in favour of government incompetence



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24 Feb 2020, 1:51 am

Shabrem wrote:
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Meeting climate change targets has for the first time emerged as a greater priority for voters than keeping energy prices down, with more people now also claiming they would be prepared to wear at least some cost to achieve it.

An exclusive Newspoll conducted for The Australian, however, shows significantly more people believe a failure to conduct adequate hazard reduction burns was the main cause for the severity of the summer bushfires, rather than climate change.

A total of 56 per cent of those polled said they believed that state and territory government failure to conduct adequate hazard reduction was the main contributor compared with 35 per cent supporting the argument for climate change as the primary cause.


https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation ... 162da9b299


At the very least inadequate hazard reduction made fires considerably worse. If climate change is causing fires then extra effort should be made in hazard reduction.



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24 Feb 2020, 7:14 pm

EzraS wrote:
Shabrem wrote:
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Meeting climate change targets has for the first time emerged as a greater priority for voters than keeping energy prices down, with more people now also claiming they would be prepared to wear at least some cost to achieve it.

An exclusive Newspoll conducted for The Australian, however, shows significantly more people believe a failure to conduct adequate hazard reduction burns was the main cause for the severity of the summer bushfires, rather than climate change.

A total of 56 per cent of those polled said they believed that state and territory government failure to conduct adequate hazard reduction was the main contributor compared with 35 per cent supporting the argument for climate change as the primary cause.


https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation ... 162da9b299


At the very least inadequate hazard reduction made fires considerably worse. If climate change is causing fires then extra effort should be made in hazard reduction.


Yes. Hazard reduction is practical/pragmatic and needs to be addressed now. Prioritising climate change, in Australia, is an irresponsible indulgence.