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Graziers join calls for Queensland Government to stop spruiking coal and embrace renewable future – ABC News
Will Graham is a fifth-generation grazier who has seen enough years of dry, hot weather to convince him Queensland must transition away from coal to renewables.
Withersfield Station has been held by the Graham family since the 1950s, but persistent drought conditions have made it much harder to run cattle.
Key points:
- Economist John Quiggin says governments are showing “dogmatic unwillingness” to act on climate change
- But Queensland is on track to become a renewable energy “super power”
- Energy analyst Tristan Edis says Queensland could even export renewable energy
Fifth-generation grazier Will Graham and his wife Dor…
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