Opinion

How to answer the argument that Australia's emissions are too small to make a difference

By Matt McDonald
June 19 2019 - 12:00am

After a recent foray into the debate over Australia's so-called "climate election", I received plenty of critical replies to my argument that Australians should take climate action more seriously. The most common rebuttal was that Australians were right to focus on other issues at the ballot box because Australia's contribution to global climate change is small anyway.

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