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Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text sizeThe new visa pathway for Tuvaluans indicates a significant and welcome shift in government policy in that it recognises for the first time that climate change can force people to leave their homes (“Four in five Tuvaluans apply to move to Australia. Frayzel is among them”, July 20). But while it offers a way out, it does not address the cause of their displacement. When Pacific nations ask Australia to cut emissions to help slow sea-level rise, the government is unwilling to act. Offering resettlement while enabling massive fossil fuel expansion ignores both…
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