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"We must tackle climate change now", says candidate.

John Bailey, renowned author and local Greens candidate in the water at Clarke's Beach. ?We are not prepared for Climate Change.?

Announcing his candidacy for the NSW lower house seat of Ballina, well known author and active Landcare volunteer, John Bailey, said that Climate Change is one of the most dramatic challenges our community faces.

The impact of global warming in Northern NSW will be a retreating coastline, and increased floods, and higher salinity in low lying agricultural areas.

“Planning in NSW seems to be around the interstate freeway and a desperate grab for resources to keep Sydney going. The Labor State government has overridden our planning controls, taken away our railway and carved a major freeway through our Shires,” he said. “Instead, let’s bring back the railway and extend it through to the Gold Coast.”

“Don Page makes a lot of noise about being environmentally aware, but is part of a coalition that insists on supporting globalisation that destroys rural infrastructure and undermines the family farm.”

“The Greens are the only party that have been talking about managing resources carefully, investing in public transport and other infrastructure and opposing the corporate takeover of our community. Ten years ago these policies were considered radical, now they are central to the political debate.”

John Bailey is the author of The White Divers of Broome and Mr Stuart's Track. Both books have been widely released and critically acclaimed. He has won a number of awards for his contribution to history and literature.

As an active member of the community, John is well known throughout the Brunswick River Valley and will be appearing widely in Ballina and Alstonville during the campaign.

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