I've spent the better part of my Sunday diving into the history of #environmental and #climate policy in #Victoria, how these issues have been governed in various portfolios from the 1970s, and the 'machinery of government arrangements' (how governments built their departments to deliver their policy agenda). You can thank me after 26 November.

In the meantime, here's a photo of a candidate's forum in #LatrobeValley from last week, organised by #EnvironmentVictoria

Our #CommunityOrganisers and local #environment groups invited energy single lower and upper house candidate for the seat of #Morwell to talk about their environment and climate policies. As you can see three cam along (none from #Labor #Liberals #Nationals or #Independent) A couple of candidates bailed at the last minute, and many didn't respond at all.

Most of the packed audience (just shy of 100) included in their questions some variation of 'we feel ignored and that our concerns about Latrobe Valley's future, including for its environment and energy transition aren't taken seriously'. I'll let the photo speak for itself.

I'm thinking about this in the context of environmental and climate governance, and machinery of government arrangements. Obviously elections and governance are very different things, but it's interesting to see who cares about what early on in their potential political career.