Adam Bandt on the choice between Adani and the Great Barrier Reef
A letter from two of my constituents, accompanied by 64 petition signatures from the Ascot Vale Uniting Church congregation:
Dear Mr Turnbull,
Our names are Clara Nutt and Rachel Nutt.
We are eight years old, and we live in Melbourne. We think the idea to put more ports near the Great Barrier Reef should not be allowed.
The Great Barrier Reef is already suffering from coral bleaching due to global warming and digging deeper channels for the big ships will make the waters even worse.
A healthy reef needs clean water. Even if the reef grows back, it will take hundreds of years. We personally think that the government should be doing more to help the reef.
Let us be very clear: this government must make a choice between coal or the Great Barrier Reef. We must make a rapid transition from coal to renewable energy. If we do not, by the time that children like Clara and Rachel are the age of Canberra’s politicians, the Great Barrier Reef will no longer exist.
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