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Protect Our Kids with Clean Air

Every child deserves to breathe clean air — to play, learn and grow without pollution harming their lungs or their future.

But right now, air pollution from traffic, gas, and coal is putting our children’s health at risk. From asthma flare-ups to long-term impacts on brain development and heart health, poor air quality is silently damaging the next generation.

Children are more vulnerable. They breathe faster, spend more time outdoors, and their small lungs are still growing. Parents, carers, grandparents and educators across Australia are standing together to say: enough is enough.

We’re calling on all levels of government, federal, state and local, to take urgent action to protect children from air pollution by cleaning up transport, phasing out gas and coal pollution, and taking strong, coordinated steps to make the air around every child cleaner and safer.

Add your name to show your support for clean air for every child, everywhere.

Together, we can create cleaner, healthier communities for our kids - today and for the future.

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We, the undersigned parents, carers, grandparents, educators and community members, urge all levels of government to take urgent action to protect children from air pollution caused by transport, gas, coal and bushfire smoke.

Air pollution harms children’s health - triggering asthma, damaging lungs and affecting brain development. Kids are more vulnerable because their lungs are still growing, and they breathe faster than adults, and they spend more time outdoors.

We call on governments to:

  1. Cut pollution from gas, coal and transport by accelerating the shift to clean energy, clean transport, and community-based health protection measures.
  2. Protect children where they live, learn and play by reducing exposure around schools, early learning centres and playgrounds.
  3. Support communities and families with information, resources and health initiatives that help keep kids safe and well during periods of poor air quality.

Every child deserves to breathe clean, healthy air and protecting them must be a top priority for every level of government.