Community and Climate
“What might a leader do?… 1) Bipartisan declaration of a climate emergency 2) Create a department aligned to treasury, similar to post war recovery 3) Weekly war cabinet chaired by PM to rapidly transition to green economy.“ Peter GarrettMusician, activist, politician “If there’s one thing I’ve learned it’s that MPs care about votes and keeping … Read more
“The IPCC is very conservative and overstating how much carbon we have left to burn… Their reports are the lowest common denominator of what thousands of scientists are able to agree upon… If anything, we have erred on the side of under(estimating)… the rate and the magnitude of the changes” Dr. Michael E. MannDirector, Earth … Read more
The inaugural Australian National Climate Emergency Summit, NCES2020, was held in Melbourne over two days in February 2020. 100 presenters shared their thoughts in 28 sessions with over 2000 attendees, with many others watching the sold-out event at overflow venues or online. Recordings of the sessions are available free via https://www.climateemergencysummit.org/recordings. Welcome to Country – … Read more
A leadership spill for the federal National Party of Australia was held on 4 February 2020, the day Parliament resumed for the year. It was called by the Member for Wide Bay, Llew O’Brien and followed Bridget McKenzie‘s resignation as Deputy Leader on 2 February 2020 after the Sportsrorts scandal. Encumbent leader Michael McCormack was … Read more
Background Peregian Beach is located on the northern edge of the Sunshine Coast in South East Queensland, Australia. Peak bushfire season is in spring, unlike NSW (spring/summer), Victoria (summer) and Tasmania (summer/autumn). Bushfires also tend to be less severe than those in other states such as NSW and Victoria. The 2019-20 Peregian fires were a … Read more
The 2019-20 bushfires in Australia have gained global attention due to their unprecedented scale and ferocity, with human-caused climate change leading to global heating, and in turn much drier and hotter conditions. Most were not lit intentionally. People outside Australia are often not familiar with the massive size of our country, nor how sparsely it … Read more
From a statement published on the Climate Council web site: The fires this week in Australia have placed hundreds of thousands of people in great danger. The catastrophic conditions for these fires were, at least in part, fuelled by climate change. 13 of the 14 hottest years on record have occurred this century. Last year … Read more
Extracted from AEC on 1 Nov 2019: Donor Amount The Michael Crouch Foundation $350,000.00 ANZ Banking Group Limited $250,000.00 Capital [b] Pty Ltd $150,000.00 National Automotive Leasing and Salary Packaging Association $150,000.00 Pratt Holdings P/L $150,000.00 Australian Hotels Association (N.S.W.) $114,613.00 Woodside Energy Limited $110,000.00 Jayburn Pty Ltd $100,000.00 Mr Paul Darrouzet $100,000.00 PG Consolidated … Read more
Behind closed doors: Morrison is set to tell the Queensland Resources Council that the Coalition wants to outlaw boycotts of businesses that work with coal companies, calls them “more insidious threat… than a street protest”. He will also promise to protect other sectors that have a significant carbon footprint including gas projects, abattoirs, airlines and … Read more
The #teamtrees project aims to crowdfund $20m to plant 20m trees around the world by 2022, and they’re partnering with The Arbor Day Foundation to ensure the right tree is planted in the right place. Over $5m has laready been raised – you can donate at teamtrees.org. The Verge Report – “Planting trees to take … Read more