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=Welcome to my wiki!= ☺☺☺ ☺☻☻☻☺  ☺☻Uni!☻☺ ☺☻☻☻☺ ☺☺☺ This is a letter I have written to Miss Gillard:

Dear Miss Gillard,

Are you aware that 30 MCG’s of rainforest and bushland are being demolished every hour? In your busy lifetime, are you able to find some time to care about the environment?

Australia has a suggestion. We want you to legislate a law because we believe we have the right to know what we are buying!

Have you heard of palm oil? YOU are probably buying it and you are not even aware. This is what is killing off the beautiful orangutans. Their home in Sumatra is being cut down and replaced by palm oil trees. Only two tenths of the Orangutan’s habitat is left. What would you feel if someone knocked on your door and said ‘Sorry, but we need to knock down your house because we need to build a swimming pool here. You will have to get out now and try and manage on your own to find somewhere to live.’

People are planting these trees because there is a public demand of palm oil. Food companies use palm oil because it tastes better and is cheaper. Other companies also use palm oil for products such as medicine or makeup. Although it is a vegetable oil, it is one of the few that are bad to your health. If you have too much it will clot your arteries. Many people are aware of this and companies do not want to lose profit so they are sneaky and write Vegetable Oil in the ingredients. People feel safe buying vegetable oil because most types are good.

I think you now realize this huge issue. Orangutans are already endangered and I have to say there is a low chance of saving them but at least we can try. Australia is NOT telling you to ban palm oil, but at least we should be able to have a choice. I’m sure you will agree too therefore palm oil should be clearly labeled on all products, which contain it.

I really hope you will consider this request and take action. Hurry, time is running out. Every second counts.

Yours sincerely, Concerned conservationist Uni Han [aged 10] Moreland Primary School