Kids take colourful message to Tanya Plibersek
We did it!
Over a hundred pieces of kids’ artwork have been put on display at Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek’s office Saturday morning, accompanied by a letter signed by more than 4,300 Australian parents calling on the government to protect kids from worsening climate change.
Kids and their parents installed the artwork of children from across Australia in a street gallery outside the electorate office in Sydney along with a novelty oversized Christmas present. They wished the Environment Minister a Merry Christmas and asked her to protect children across the country from climate harm by refusing new fossil fuel projects.
With the recent floods, and the 2019-20 black summer, parents are increasingly worried about the climate their kids are going to inherit, Australian Parents for Climate Action CEO Nic Seton said.
“New fossil fuel projects threaten Australia’s way of life, regardless of whether their coal and gas is burnt here or overseas. We’re calling on Minister Plibersek to acknowledge the duty of care the government has for our children and future generations, and agree to stop approving new fossil fuel projects,” Mr Seton said.
A huge thankyou to the thousands of parents and kids who contributed to this campaign, and in particular the two dozen who spent their Saturday morning working with us for this petition handover event.
See the event photos in our gallery:
Continue Reading
Read More‘19 years or nothing’: Glencore ‘holds community to ransom’ as vital HVO coal mine decision pushed back.
September 04, 2026
Parents for Climate says the decision to push back a determination on HVO and reopen public submissions shows the extraordinary weight of community and environmental concern surrounding the largest coal project ever proposed in NSW. But rather than respond to that scrutiny with a...
Read moreQueensland families don't want 630 more diesel buses, say parents, as Crisafulli Government takes state backwards
September 02, 2026
Parents for Climate has condemned the Queensland Government's decision to abandon its zero-emissions bus program in favour of up to 630 diesel buses, warning the move locks in decades of harmful pollution and risky fuel dependence while the rest of the country moves toward...
Read moreThe $120,000 inheritance debt: What another coal mine leaves every NSW child
August 26, 2026
With a decision on HVO expected by 4th September, new analysis puts a price on what approving another coal extension leaves the next generation to carry: the equivalent of almost $120,000 for every NSW child. Every child in NSW would be left with the...
Read more