Australia urgently needs to get serious about long-term climate policy – but there’s no sign of that in the election campaign

OK, so how can we create movement in the platforms of the big two parties? Here are some approaches I'm aware of, what do you think?

• preferencing The Greens and independents/ minor parties that prioritise the environment will put more pressure on major parties to change their policies
• asking your local candidates to commit to environmental issues you care about: e.g. more limits on fossil fuel expansion, more support for renewables, committing to the Great Forest National Park, more funding for endangered species monitoring and protections, protecting our forests and better enforcing laws against landclearing and pollution, putting a real price on carbon, making polluting industries pay through better taxes that foreground environmental impacts.

What else?