Poll measures the climate of public opinion -

Poll measures the climate of public opinion : "'The environment swamps everything else. It's the No1 issue for Australians,' he said.

About one in five people believed the environment including global warming and sustainability was the most important problem facing the country."

We are surrounded by our environment. We are watching it being destroyed and defaced by building. We are watching vast tracts of land being bulldozed and we are suffocating in the dust. We are watching our green turn into concrete and desert. You cannot live in a desert and we don't want concrete. We are watching waterways dry up and gardens go brown and crispy. We see lightning start bush fires and our friends suffer in floods or excessive heat. We are fed up with dumb planning and dumb weather patterns which rob us of fresh food, jobs, livelihood and our plants and animals. We are sick of distressed kangaroos and koalas and we are sick of people killing our species because they are in the way of yet more development. We want proper weather because we have a relaxed lifestyle and we are becoming very anxious.We can't go out because of skin cancer and dust. We love our environment and we are being deprived of what makes us well. Our environment is killing us. Why wouldn't we want change?