Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Climate Change and Water) Share this | Hansard source

I will just finish what Isabella Compton wrote. She wrote:

The red stripes are a blanket of pollution and heat trapped over the earth with nowhere to escape, making the planet hotter and hotter.

I am also pleased to advise the Senate that the grade 5 to 7 category was won by the Young Environment Protectors—and that is the name they have given themselves—from Manchester Primary School in Victoria. They are represented today by Krystal Vanschoonhoven. Their artwork was a shared task, and it explored how we live now and how we could live in the future if we cared for our environment and addressed climate change. Finally, Michelle Aitken from John Curtin College of the Arts in Fremantle won in the grade 8 to 9 category for her entry, which included both a visual and a Shakespearean sonnet calling on the older generation to listen. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all those who participated. There were some 7,666 entries from young people around this country who were interested in this issue into the competition. (Time expired)