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the campus” and stated that the new bus network “improves services to these stops, with simpler and more frequent services”.
The minister concluded by assuring the signatories to the petition that “Transport Canberra is continuing to work with the ANU to make sure that students know what services are available to them, including ANU operated shuttle services within the campus” and noting that “the Government has no plans to operate a bus service similar to the former route 3 in the future”.
The committee will not be inquiring further into the matters raised in petition 6-19.
Executive business—precedence
Ordered that executive business be called on.
Student climate strike
MR RATTENBURY (Kurrajong—Minister for Climate Change and Sustainability, Minister for Corrections and Justice Health, Minister for Justice, Consumer Affairs and Road Safety and Minister for Mental Health) (10.37): I move the motion standing in my name and that of Ms Berry:
That this Assembly:
(1) notes:
(a) the increasingly dire climate change impacts predicted for the world, and the ACT;
(b) that students and young people in the ACT are very concerned about climate change action, and many will participate in a “Strike for Climate” on 20 September 2019; and
(c) this Assembly’s recent declaration that we are in a state of “climate emergency”;
(2) declares its support for the ACT Strike for Climate and for the students and residents that choose to support this event; and
(3) invites representatives of student climate strikers to present to MLAs about their climate change concerns.
Students in the ACT are incredibly concerned about climate change and the ways that climate change will impact the planet and their futures. Just like children all over the world, the ACT students are so concerned about climate change and so concerned about their futures that they are striking from school. A strike occurred earlier this year. On September 20, the ACT students will again participate in a strike for climate.
Why would a young person not be concerned? No-one aged under 40 has even lived in a year with global average temperatures below those of last century. The July just past was the planet’s hottest ever month on record. That has seen heatwaves, health impacts and fire risks across the Northern Hemisphere in particular. It also means that the Arctic and Antarctic sea ice levels are hitting record lows.
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