PRIME MINISTER KEVIN RUDD'S FEDERAL LABOR GOVERNMENT'S FRAUDULENT CLIMATE CHANGE HAS RESORTED TO SCARE TACTICS BY GOVERNMENT SUPPORTED AGENCIES
The following unscientific article appeared in the Sunday Telegraph on August 2,2009
Sea to flood Sydney By LISA MAYOR
WAVES lapping at the steps of the Sydney Opera House, more bushfires in the Blue Mountains and lead turtles on the Great Barrier Reef: this could be Australia's reality by 2030, a new federal Government report claims.
The Opera House could be boded and infested by pests through storm surges, rising salt revels and extreme weather, says she Australian National University report, to be released today.
Kakadu National Park, the Lord Howe Island group, the Tasmanian wilderness, Fraser Island arid Shark Bay in Western Australia are all listed as vulnerable in the Implications of Climate Change for Australia's
World Heritage Properties, which warns of reduced rainfall, rising sea and land temperatures and more severe storms and cyclones.
The report comes as Labor continues to pressure Mr. Turnbull on climate change ahead of a vote in Parliament on the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme. Climate Change and Water Minister Penny Wong
said the report showed the need for urgent action on climate change. "In 11 days, the Parliament will vote on legislation to start reducing carbon pollution for the first time ever," she said. "We need to act
now to protect Australia's unique environment - especially these World Heritage sites that support so many Australian workers in the tourism and hospitality industry.
"CSIRO climate change projections for Sydney and Melbourne indicate a increase in temperature of 1.3 degrees by 2030 and a decline in annual rainfall. Tropical cyclones are likely to become more intense
with a 10 per cent increase in wind speeds, and extreme storms and severe droughts to be more frequent. The sea level is expected to rise by 17cm by 2030.
The report says the OperaHouse would be at risk from a sea level rise, as the forecourt of the building is only 3.5m above sea level, and the potential effects should be assessed. "The building structure is sup
ported by 580 piers sunk 25m below sea level," the report reads. "Storm surges, especially where associated with high tides on top of increased sea level, can cause significant coastal damage and has potential to
affect the building," the report reads. Days of extreme fire danger in the Blue Mountains area is projected to rise by 10 days per year, thus increasing risks of severe bushfires. The report states tourism, which
accounts fir almost 13 per cent of total employment in the Northern Territory and 55 per cent on Lord Howe Island is likely to be hit hardest by climate change. Environment Minister Peter Garrett sai(I it was time to act.
"The disintegration of our World Heritage areas would be an irreparable loss to our local communities end the global community," Mr Garrett said.