Integrity and climate change

Whoever our elected leaders are, they should possess integrity and they should all be working towards improving the future of ordinary Australians.
Everyone knows that climate change is already challenging the lives of many ordinary Australians and we haven’t exceeded a 1.5C increase in average atmospheric temperature yet, but it’s getting close.

Future generations of Australians will face vastly worse challenges, but hey, “it’s not a race”.

Any government that actively pursues the ongoing exploitation of coal, gas and oil is engaged in an act of environmental sabotage and also an act of bastardry towards its people.

People that I speak to want honest and responsible representation in Parliament but some people feel that this may be an impossible goal.

The first step in attempting to achieve responsible representation is to set up a federal ICAC (Independent Commission Against Corruption).

An ICAC with retrospective teeth will claw back some of the waste and deceit of the past three years in spite of a hollow promise by Morrison to set up an ICAC, at the last federal election.

If governments spend taxpayers’ money on projects or grants that are not supported by independent evidence for the safety and benefit of the

Australian people, then the Australian people deserve to have their hard-won tax dollars returned to the budget.

If the basic process of governance can be constrained by an ICAC, then more responsible governance should become the norm.

Edward Minty, North Wonthaggi.

Editor: Shortened due to space.