Geography-Environment-Society

The environment as an issue
The 2001 Australian Federal election

• • • The 2001 Australian Federal election campaign
    • Voters and the Australian environment?
    • Election 2001 – Was the environment an issue?
    • What happened in Morocco in November 2001?
    • Did global and local environmental issues get equal coverage?
    • How did the Federal Government use the National Heritage Trust Fund?
    • Did the pitch to the green vote have any drawbacks for the ALP?
    • Was the Queensland Labor Government out of step on the issue of water quality?
    • Was the Queensland Labor Government penalised for being environmentally irresponsible?
    • Did the Coalition Government’s environment platform differ from the ALP?
    • What were the positions of the major parties on the question of salinity?
    • Who said what during the 2001 campaign?
    • The environment platform of the Australian Democrats?
    • Did the Greens Party concentrate only on environmental issues?
    • How significant were environmental issues in earlier Federal election campaigns?

The Water Issue – Federal Election 2001

• • • What did the price of water have to do with the election?
    • Why did John Anderson (NPA) worry about water?
    • What did the Coalition say about this issue?
    • Was this a good policy?
    • In the future, would voters, particularly city voters, complain if they were asked to pay compensation to irrigators?

Major Political Parties Environmental Policies – 1996 & 2001

• • • The Coalition’s Environment Policy – Federal Election 2001
    • The Coalition’s Environment Policy – Federal Election 1996
    • The Australian Labor Party Environment Policy – Federal Election 2001
    • The Australian Labor Party Environment Policy – Federal Election 1996
    • The Australian Democrats Environment Policy – Federal Election 2001
    • The Australian Democrats Environment Policy – Federal Election 1996

Sources of Information

• • • Newspaper articles on the 2001 Australian Federal election campaign
    • Useful web sites

Activities

• • • Activities for environmental politics

Geography-Environment-Society

Last uploaded on: Wednesday 24 July 2002