We have 258kW of Solar at our site in Corryong but without it being connected to the grid it can't operate.

Matt Grogan's idea of a town being 100 per cent self-sufficient on solar is plausible on paper, but is far fetched in reality.

How do you transmit power within a town if the poles and wires are down? Solar panels also don't generate any capacity when it's cloudy or has smoke cover.

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The idea of saying mining is causing climate change is another anomaly as without mining how are we going to get the steel, aluminium, lithium and glass required to manufacture solar panels or wind turbines?

Please let's bring common sense into the debate because what I'm seeing is the climate change argument is flawed with lies, and the renewable energy are pushing a product based on wealth for their business not as a solution to protect our planet.

I've spent just on $1 million on renewable energy, but that is mainly because our base load power is too low since Hazlewood power station closed.

Truly, if they are serious about replacing coal-fired base loads then look no further than building huge dams in Australia's north and generating hydro power and filling our food basins with the water we so desperately need.

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When Helen Haines stood for election last year she promised to fight for three things: the regeneration of our regions, a national action plan to mitigate and prepare for climate disruption and to return to integrity of our broken politics.

She said the 2018 National Disaster Risk Reduction Framework was a good start, but the government was falling behind its own deadlines.

The plan was due last year.

We also need a nation-wide plan to adapt Australia to a changed climate.

The prime minister has acknowledged that adaptation needs greater attention. It's time he matched these words by serious action.

The debate is over and there many practical things that now need to be done.

The delay in activating this plan is a sign that they are not serious about climate change.

Former NSW Fire and Rescue commissioner Greg Mullins is calling on governments to show "moral leadership" on global warming.

"Morally, as an Australian, I am proud of we have taken a lead on apartheid and nuclear disarmament.

"We saw these things as a threat to our existence and we needed to speak up even though it made some countries angry.

"But on climate change we are gutless."

Mullins is right. Climate calls for "moral duty" and young people want to be involved.

I was encouraged when local teenager Eli Davern addressed his comments to the Prime Minister: "Because I believe that as young people it is our moral duty and obligation to ourselves and to future generations to make our voices heard. To tell the government we want a future with clean water, healthy food and a livable environment."

Young people have a key role in bushfire recovery.

Their whole future is at stake. In 2009 children and young people were the hidden victims in the Black Saturday bushfires.

This must not happen again. They must be heard.

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