From the GetUp team:So far, 3,440 people have RSVP'd to family climate rallies across Australia next weekend. But I just finished reading the Australian Climate Commission's new climate science report - and frankly, I'm scared. The risks have never been more clear and the case for action has never been more urgent. Scientists know this, you and I know this, but the rest of Australia still needs to hear it.
The Government and Independents on the committee are under extraordinary pressure to give up on climate action. Climate deniers held a rally against the carbon price last week in the electorate of Independent MP Rob Oakeshott. The Daily Telegraph reported that over 3,000 people attended - even though the official police estimate was under 800. Right now, politicians and the media are gauging support for climate action by which side has the bigger rallies.
Some say putting a price on pollution will send our economy back to the Stone Age. They say they represent the majority of mainstream Australia. We know it's rubbish - but unless we put our faces and voices in front of the TV cameras too, we know exactly what will happen next: an exasperating onslaught of one-sided media coverage against climate action, which will send politicians running scared.
If Australia's climate policy were decided by science and reason, we would have put a price on pollution long ago.
Please join the urgent climate rallies happening across Australia on Sunday week, June 5, and don't forget to bring a friend, or ten!
Where: Perth Cultural Centre (James Street Mall)
When: 11am Sunday June 5
Please RSVP by clicking here.
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