
On Saturday, Anna Rose Richards drafted a letter Australians can send to their local MP demanding action in the wake of our bushfires. Having worked in parliament for four years, Anna felt it was important that Australians know that in the long term, legislative change is crucial. She approached the letter from a non-biased, non-political perspective, simply urging Australians to remember that their elected representative wants and needs their vote. These representatives need to be spoken to directly in order for them to understand that their electorate is mobilised, engaged, and passionate when it comes to fighting climate change.
In the days since Anna drafted it, the letter has gone viral, with names like Celeste Barber sharing the letter on their platforms.
The letter is respectful and clear, and a tangible way of doing something to make your voice heard when it comes to Australia’s environmental issues.
You can find your local MP by entering your suburb and postcode here, and then selecting ‘view district profile’. You can then find your MP’s contact details on this list.
Print the following letter and mail it to your MP. Make your voice heard. You can also share Anna’s Instagram video on social media, to urge those in your network to act, too.
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Brilliant letter Anna Rose! I definitely will send a copy to my local member however this is an issue nationally and the links provided are just for NSW. Recommend correcting that.
Only the ABC have written articles about the other climate systems which are responsible for these current extreme weather systems.
1. A strong positive Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD). "A positive IOD occurs when waters near the Horn of Africa are warmer than average leading to enhanced rainfall there, while cooler waters develop off Indonesia resulting in less rainfall and high temperatures in Australia."
2. The negative Southern Annular Mode (SAM). ""That basically refers to our weather patterns being further north than normal, and it means that there have been lots of westerly winds blowing the hot and dry air from the interior across New South Wales and southern Queensland," Dr Watkins said.
"So we've had the drying from the IOD and then we've had the hot and dry winds from the SAM bringing about the terrible conditions we've seen over eastern Australia."
Interestingly enough, climate change isn't mentioned in this particular article, however another I've read indicates that climate change might be having some effect, however the main drivers of our current weather, are these other systems, IOD and SAM.
I've yet to see these systems mentioned in any other articles about our current weather crisis.
Nor do nearly 200 arsonists