As Shadow Minister for Climate Change and Energy, Mark Butler is serious about Labor's response to global warming. In his recently published Climate Wars, Butler makes a forceful case for using less and cleaner energy as part of global action to save the planet. Doing so will also make Australia attractive for the massive global market of investors and create new jobs in clean energy. Only Labor, he argues, the party with a proven track record for national reform, has the plan and the will to ensure bold action before it is too late.
Butler has drawn attention to analysis from the Climate Change Performance Index which has ranked Australia as one of the world’s worst performing nations when it comes to tackling climate change. Out of 56 countries Australia was ranked fourth last, just above South Korea, Kazakhstan, Japan and Saudi Arabia. And in data released at the end of 2017, the Turnbull Government has projected emissions will only be 5 per cent below 2005 levels in 2030, well short of the Government’s current target of a 26-28 per cent cut, and significantly under Labor’s policy of 45 per cent emissions reduction cut by 2030.
Mon 20 October at 7:00PM
Berkelouw Paddington, 19 Oxford St, Paddington NSW 2021, Australia
Join us for an exciting evening at Berkelouw Paddington, as we celebrate the release of 58 Facets by Marika Sosnowski.
Wed 08 October at 10:00AM
Croydon Library, 5 Civic Square, Croydon VIC 3136
Join us for an exciting morning at Croydon Library, as we discuss Beyond Green by Lesley Head.
Thu 09 October at 6:00PM
Readings Carlton , 309 Lygon Street, Carlton VIC 3053
Join us for an exciting evening at Readings Carlton, as we celebrate the launch of 58 Facets by Marika Sosnowski.
Wed 22 October at 6:00PM
Avid Reader, 193 Boundary Street, West End QLD 4101
Join us for an exciting evening at Avid Reader, as we celebrate the launch of 58 Facets by Marika Sosnowski.
Sun 12 October at 4:00PM
Brisbane Powerhouse, Pleasuredome, 119 Lamington St, New Farm QLD 4005
Join us for an exciting afternoon at Brisbane Writers Festival, as we discuss Turbulence by Clinton Fernandes.
Sun 12 October at 5:30PM
Brisbane Powerhouse, Pleasuredome, 119 Lamington St, New Farm QLD 4005
Join us for an exciting evening at Brisbane Writers Festival, as we discuss Nation, Memory, Myth by Steve Vizard.
