Letter

In response to Coalition politicians who can't accept the threat of climate change should resig

A justified and honourable conversion

https://johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11/coalition-politicians-cannot-accept-the-threat-of-climate-change-they-should-resign/

As Chair of the Australian Coal Association Ian was an intrepid and effective spokesperson of the coal industry when I knew him back in the 80s when I ran the NSW Maritime Services Board. He was always an engaging and intelligent spokesperson for that industry.

His Damascene conversion to a climate activist over the last couple of decades I have followed with interest as I always saw him as a person who allowed his common sense and acute intelligence to tell him that the industry to which he had devoted a considerable part of his life was one of the principal causes of the climate change that threatens human survival.

He speaks with an acute understanding of the issues and with a real commitment to an intelligent solution to this existential issue. He needs to be listened to.

— Les Macdonald from Balmain NSW 2041