"I AM here today to say that climate change constitutes a serious threat to global security, an immediate risk to our national security, and, make no mistake, it will impact how our military defends our country.
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"(We) need to act, and we need to act now ... anything less is negligence. It is a dereliction of duty.
"We all know what needs to happen it's no secret: The world finally has to start reducing its carbon emissions now."
(President Obama, May 20)
Treasurer Hockey's budget speech was deafeningly silent on environment and climate change.
The next budget halves current spending on environment-related issues, even eliminating PM Abbott's "Green Army". If the budget establishes Australia's priorities for the next years, such silence and cuts assert how little we value or understand climate change's "threat to global security (and) national security".
Would PM Abbott and our government please explain what actions they are taking now to prepare Australia to respond to this national and global threat? It would be shocking to learn our government is negligent or being derelict of duty.
