Our leaders are destroying our future. Wentworth must be a referendum on climate change | Richard Flanagan and Geoff Cousins

In the face of sustained government stupidity, many feel powerless. Voters in Wentworth can lead the way

If a bricklayer builds a wall that falls over 12 years later, killing someone, the bricklayer can be sued and even jailed. If a doctor finds some old packets of thalidomide in their surgery and, in spite of the overwhelming scientific evidence of its horrific effects, dispenses it to pregnant women, they would go to jail. The example can be multiplied endlessly: the reality of our world is that we are responsible for our acts.

Unless, that is, you are an Australian politician.

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