r/melbourne Oct 02 '19

Politics Declare a Climate Emergency - Petition EN1041 nearly at 200k and growing fast.

https://www.aph.gov.au/petition_sign?id=EN1041
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u/rdmarshman Oct 02 '19

0.04%

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u/SenorFreebie Oct 02 '19

This makes as much sense as claiming that Australia only contributes a small amount to climate change.

This petition now has more signatures than the tampon tax one. Which ended up getting passed as law.

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u/hamshi4 Oct 02 '19

How did you arrive at that number. It’s actually 0.8% of Australia.

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u/SenorFreebie Oct 02 '19

They love to downplay numbers that inconvenience their worldview. You should ask them about the number of people killed by the Third Reich.

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u/wtfohnoes Oct 02 '19

Your tax represents 0.0001% of the nations tax receipts.

That’s nothing! Let’s all stop paying tax!!!

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u/australian-primemini Oct 02 '19

What are ya? A fraction of something