Linking people & redesigning systems
for a healthy future
Linking people & redesigning systems
for a healthy future
We sat in chairs dipping down towards the river, facing a Yarra
obscured by a geometric lattice-work of steel and glass amid the winter
gloom of a late afternoon in Melbourne. The motion to be argued in the
recent Deakin Debate at Federation Square was “that climate change is
the only issue”.
The stark framing of the motion was clearly chosen to provoke strong
argument, even among those members of the audience inclined to endorse
quick action on climate change but unwilling to grant the issue primacy
among such pressing candidates as armed conflict and global poverty.
An audience pre-poll showed majority resistance to the motion, with
the ABC's Peter Mares noting that another poll after the debate would
test the persuasiveness of the arguments to be presented.
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