Every year $12 billion of our tax dollars are being used to subsidise dirty fossil fuels. Go to this link to send an email to Treasurer Josh Frydenberg to ask that the government end these polluter payouts and commit to serious action on climate change. https://www.marketforces.org.au/campaigns/ffs/tax-based-subsidies/
Month: October 2019
Feedback on Parliamentary Petition
Feedback on the Parliamentary Petition we posted recently requesting Parliament to declare a climate emergency is here.
Action for week starting 14 October – Banks
This week’s action is targeting our banks, a number of which are making a significant contribution towards climate change, by investing in new fossil fuel projects that will make it impossible for the Paris Agreement target of 2 degrees to be met. Since 2008 the Big Four Australian banks have loaned $70 billion to fossil … Continue reading Action for week starting 14 October – Banks
New petition
The following petition seems to have been started as a result of the Prime Minister’s behaviour and comments at the UN Climate Emergency Summit. Obviously no use petitioning him, so let’s ignore him and go to the House of Representatives instead. Please forward this to as many others as you can, numbers will be important. … Continue reading New petition