“Climate change is a political choice.”

~ Mike Smyth, Chair of Energy4All, speaking at the Community Energy Conference in the United Kingdom in 2015

 

If you are going to vote in the Victorian state election, which is just around the corner now, we hope you will spend a bit of time on finding out how the various Victorian parties and independent candidates intend to deal with the climate emergency.

One way of getting clarity on this is to listen to what the candidates for the Victorian state election on 24 November 2018 had to say about climate change, renewable energy and wind turbines when Michell Dye held a series of election candidate forums on 94.7 The Pulse on 5, 6 and 7 November 2018.

That will take you on a nine hour marathon-journey of listening, though, so to save you time, we’ve prepared this special 36-minute energy and climate-focused excerpt from Mitchell’s forums:

In this 36-minute excerpt you will hear statements on climate and energy from most of the running parties. Find details about the excerpts and links to longer versions further below.

The Climate Election: Be a climate voter

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Western Victorian Candidates Forum at The Pulse

Info page |  Listen to the forum in full length

Audio excerpt: In this three-minute clip, Lloyd Davies from The Greens and Andy Meddick from the Animal Justice Party talk about the climate emergency and what they think needs to get done about it.

In the 36-minute excerpt, you will also be hearing the candidates commenting on these two topics:

A) On future energy prices

1. Stuart Grimley, Derryn Hinch Justice Party

2. Frances Beaumont, Democratic Labour Party

3. Tim Gooden, Victorian Socialists

4. Bev McArthur, Liberal

5. Lloyd Davies, The Greens

6. Andy Meddick, Animal Justice Party

B) Do you support the Victorian government’s renewable energy target and strategies?

1. Tim Gooden, Victorian Socialists

2. Stuart Grimley, Derryn Hinch Justice Party

(3. Andy Meddick, Animal Justice Party)

4. Bev McArthur, Liberal

5. Lloyd Davies, The Greens

6. Frances Beaumont, Democratic Labour Party

South Barwon Candidates Forum at The Pulse

Info page |  Listen to the forum in full length

Audio excerpt: Six-minute discussion about the Victorian government’s renewable energy target which is to have 40% clean renewable ene...