IT looks like a narrow campaign fight for our Liberal/Labor politicians, concentrating on ruthlessness of refugees and economic mismanagement.
Doesn’t mainstream media continues to disappoint?
Each boast they “ask the hard questions” while they keep subjects as narrow as possible, trying to score points, rather than explore the issue.
Associated Press reported this week that climate change refugees can be expected very soon because, in Pakistan, demand for drinking water now exceeds supply.
In recent years, Pakistan has experienced extreme annual floods followed by drought.
Storage in snow and ice of Himalayas is much reduced. 80 per cent of agriculture is irrigated. The major water supply is the Indus River. It flows in from India, where people are now building dams upstream to satisfy their needs.
Two thirds of the Pakistan population is under 30 years old. Between now and 2030, population is expected to boom from180 to 256 million people.
A program on ABC radio RN reported that Indonesian population was expected to grow by 50 million between 2000 and 2020, with agriculture already stressed.
Population size is an even harder question than climate change.
How about asking our leaders what ideas they have to turn back climate refugees – 100 million or more?
Bernie McComb,
Cowes.
