Beyond Zero - Community

Monday 12th November 2018 After the smoke clears what about politics?Today we return to Morwell to look into what happens when coal country goes to the polls.The seat of Morwell is marginal and, in the words of Independent Tracie Lund,“across the nation people are looking at this seat”.Will another clean coal power station get the green light, or will the people votefor a greener carbon free future?Kurt Johnson will be speaking to a range of candidates for the seat to find out what theystand for in relation to the transition to renewables, and on climate change as a whole.Tracie Lund is running as an independent, and advocates for a “people before politics” approach,whereby her priority is investing in the community and its businesses.She sees a role for coal in the short to medium future of Morwell but supports a transition awayfrom the industry in order to grow renewable energy options.Ray Burgess, who represents a more conservative approach to climate change,is an independent that is “not co