The extinction of the Extinction Rebellion

Here in Australia, we need firstly to convince our Federal Government that a Referendum should be held very soon to place a clause in the Australian Constitution to enable Citizen Referendum's to be requested and held.

My thought is that to hold such a Citizen's Referendum, a petition to do so must be signed by 250,000 voters spread over every State and Territory. This should comfortably be attained on an issue like Climate Change.

I reckon that students who are inspired by Greta Thunberg will easily get 250000 signatures from their parents. This will be a far more productive activity for them than to take a day off their studies to march.

And then, when the Climate Change Referendum is held, they can campaign in the streets where they live to ask their neighbours to vote Yes.

When they have won, they will feel a huge sense of achievement rather than the inevitable frustration of a pointless march that achieves nothing.

May I add that a Citizens Referendum on Climate Change, or any other matter, also gives deniers a chance to defeat the issue. It is democracy at work in a dignified manner.

So, it is now vital that we get a Constitutional Change made in Australia in 2020 so that Citizens Referendums can get under way from 2021.

One on Climate Change is increasingly urgent and we must move quickly as there are 8 billion people in the world who pollute it daily. This vast overpopulation requires us to hugely improve our climate so we can adequately meet their basic needs of life far more efficiently and effectively.

My meagre research capacity tells me that Tibet, the highest nation on earth, has lost one third of its glaziers over the past 50 years. And the great Greenland Icecap is melting rapidly. It has the capacity to raise sea levels everywhere by a couple of metres.

At the same time, the world is running out of fresh water. Here in Australia, Stanthorpe, one of our most fertile fruit growing regions, simply has no water. Almost unbelievable.

There is no need to panic, but, clearly it's time. In fact, in the long term, the reversal of Climate Change should make us all more prosperous.

I am preparing a proposal for Constitutional Change to present to the Morrison Government in February, 2020.