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A woman’s place is in the movement
We, as a nation, celebrated International Women’s Day for 2017. It is safe to say that for many of us this particular day means a lot. Not only to celebrate the growth of equality us women have achieved throughout the decades but to shine a bright light on the issues society as a whole have…
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This treaty would ban nuclear weapons. But will the world take it?
“I’m here at the U.N. asking for an abolition of nuclear weapons,” said Toshiki Fujimori, a survivor of the Hiroshima atomic bombing, to diplomats from more than 120 countries gathered at the UN general assembly on 27 March. “Nobody in any country deserves seeing the same hell again.” |Greenpeace volunteers blockade the trident nuclear submarine…
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Switching off Hazelwood
The Turnbull Government must stop pumping public money into the dying coal industry and start planning for safe and just transitions for Australian communities. The closure of the Hazelwood coal-fired power station in the Latrobe Valley this week is a further indication that Australia’s transition away from polluting coal is well underway – whether politicians…
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Hazelwood closure highlights the need for federal planning for transition away from coal
Press release – 29 March, 2017TUESDAY March 28, 2017: The Federal Government must plan for a safe and fair transition for Australian communities to renewable energy rather than funnel public money into the dying coal industry.The Hazelwood mine fire [in 2014] and Port Augusta’s recent fly ash crisis both highlight the serious threat coal poses…
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Today community activists dropped a huge banner outside CommBank, and it was awesome
Early this morning an amazing group of volunteers installed a huge banner outside the Commonwealth Bank’s headquarters in Sydney with a message the bank can’t ignore: it’s time to break free from coal! Some filed into the bank asking CommBank why they continue to bankroll fossil fuels when they claim to take climate change seriously. Others talked to hundreds…
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Byron Bay residents give CommBank branch a makeover
Today I attended a protest in Byron Bay against the Commonwealth Bank supplying the fossil fuel industry with loans. Last year the Commonwealth Bank loaned almost $4 Billion to this industry – way more than any other bank in Australia. I joined a group of concerned residents to gather petition signatures from the locals.…
