Higgins By-election results!
Over the last six weeks, we’ve been testing the candidates in the Higgins by-election on their plans to secure a safe climate future for young Australians. We’ve interviewed, surveyed and filmed your candidates on six key pieces of the climate puzzle – and now, we’re hitting the streets of Melbourne with a scorecard that rates them all.
We’re not asking them to support or oppose a specific scheme. Our six questions – on climate science, pollution reduction targets, international plans, public transport, clean energy and polluter subsidies – are the framework that any climate policy needs to fulfil to be effective.
We’re also not endorsing any particular candidate. We are asking Higgins voters to vote for a safe climate for our generation, and vote for the candidates that have real plans to solve the climate crisis.
So, here for the first time are the results of the Australian Youth Climate Coalition’s Tomorrow Test!
Coming to a train station and a voting booth near you:
A leading electoral analyst claims the elevation of Tony Abbott as Opposition Leader will cost the Liberal Party the safe seat of Higgins in one of Saturday’s two critical by-elections. Mr Mackerras was adamant yesterday that climate change would play a critical role in the calculations of voters on Saturday.
And the AYCC will make sure that it does- help us get the Tomorrow Test out there! Email james.goldie[at]youthclimatecoalition.org
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/politics/mackerras-predicts-boilover-in-higgins/story-e6frgczf-1225806355860
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