FullDiscloshe

Hi Scott, the Greens purport to be pro-science, yet IMO there are some scary anti-evidence opinions within your party and policies - specifically regarding GMO and nuclear power. Like many, I'm leaning Green this election because of the current Government's dangerous environmental policies. I am, however, very wary of extreme environmentalists who don't accept scientific evidence. Can you allay our fears that you're not going to act on evidence to create good policy, and rather promote fear-based anti-evidence claims that mistakenly help hippies to think they're doing something good for the world? Thanks for the AMA, and thanks for standing up for our environment :) (EDIT: grammar)

It's not that I'm entirely pro-nuclear - I'm more concerned with the principal. Ideas shouldn't be written off due to scare-mongering, and evidence shouldn't be written off when it doesn't align with ideology.

We all know it's ridiculous that Abbot recons 25Mbps is 'more than enough' for Australia ... but I get 0.4 at my house in the inner city suburbs, and that's almost a one-issue vote right there. What will the Greens do to look after us city folk who happen to live in internet black holes with no hope of escape?

YES. I'd also love to hear the reasons for the stance. Is it merely pandering to green voters, or and actual belief of Scott's? If the latter, why?

Hi Scott, the Greens purport to be pro-science, yet IMO there are some scary anti-evidence opinions within your party and policies - specifically regarding GMO and nuclear power.

Like many, I'm leaning Green this election because of the current Government's dangerous environmental policies. I am, however, very wary of extreme environmentalists who don't accept scientific evidence.

Can you allay our fears that you're going to act on evidence to create good policy, rather than promoting fear-based anti-evidence claims that mistakenly help hippies to think they're doing something good for the world?

Thanks for the AMA, and thanks for standing up for our environment :)