SYDNEY—Is Prime Minister Kevin Rudd doing anything about climate change, not just thinking about it?
That's just one of the curly questions students at Cammeray Public School, on Sydney's lower north shore, asked federal Climate Change Minister Penny Wong when she visited on Monday.
Year six students from the school had written Senator Wong several letters asking her about the government's approach to climate change and she visited to answer their queries in person.
And yes, Senator Wong said, Mr Rudd was doing more than just thinking about tackling climate change.
Senator Wong explained how the Government's planned carbon trading scheme would work and fielded many questions about hybrid cars.
"One of the really great things about being climate change minister is how interested in the issue so many young Australians are," Senator Wong said afterwards.
She also launched a competition for students in grades three to nine across Australia.
In the Think Climate Think Change competition, children are encouraged to express what climate change means to them through art, poems or short stories.
Winners will be flown to Canberra in August with a parent or guardian, to discuss their ideas with Mr Rudd, Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Senator Wong.
The competition will run from April 28 to June 24.
