Green Issue

A 2020 Vision for the Forests

Forests play a key role in determining climate, locally and globally, and their importance increases as global temperatures rise

Despite the promise of protection of WA’s old-growth forests in 2001, there are dubious definitions of what constitutes “old-growth”

But the real crime is what is happening in the forests

Shining a light on the deficiencies of Newstart, Jobactive, robodebt and the cashless debit card, but more to do in 2020

So much activity this year across all of my portfolios – right across the social justice spectrum – and finding time for increased climate activism

The hard work in passing the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill, and introduction of Rights of Nature, Environment Court and Royalties for Regions Amendment Bills

Gearing up for effective climate action in 2020 and indeed for the new, critical, decade we are just entering