It’s 2021 and Country is suffering. Right now, we’re in the midst of numerous environmental crises – not only accelerated climate change but also unprecedented biodiversity loss. We face the collapse of delicate ecosystems. The destruction of cherished landscapes. So-called Australia has one of the fastest rates of biodiversity loss on the planet. We have the highest mammal extinction rate of any country in the world. Since the beginning of colonisation, we have lost 100 endemic species, 34 of which were mammals.
We are experiencing wildfires like no other time in history. As they increase in frequency and intensity, fear of bushfires is becoming ingrained in the collective psyche of this country. Thirty-three people lost their lives and 17 million hectares of land was destroyed by the fires of 2019-20. Fires that burned for months on end, seemingly everlasting.
And the environmental tragedies don’t end there. We have coral bleaching in the Great Barrier Reef, mass
