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More than 121,000 customers unable to pay their bills but Origin Energy pockets over $1 billion in profit
August 14, 2026
Retailer and energy generator Origin Energy - which accounts for around a quarter of retail electricity and gas companies announced a full-year net profit of $1.159 billion. This is the fourth year in a row the company has reported a profit of over $1...
Read MoreAGL Energy Posts Record $756 Million Profit While Customers Drown in Debt
August 14, 2026
AGL Energy records big profit, while energy bills skyrocket and more than a hundred thousand customers struggle with bill debt. Retailer and energy generator AGL Energy - which accounts for around 34% of Australia's retail energy market announced a profit of $756 million today,...
Read MoreA Creative Way Through Climate Feelings: for our kids and ourselves
August 10, 2026
Climate change isn't just something happening "out there". It's already showing up in our kid’s lives, in their questions, their worries, and sometimes their quiet moments too. How we respond, to them and to ourselves, matters.
Read MoreWhat a WIN! How a plucky group of parents put a stop to state-sponsored greenwashing
August 10, 2026
We took a big polluter to court and campaigned against systemic greenwashing. Now the government has listened and acted to scrap the scheme that enabled dodgy ‘carbon neutral’ claims. Three years ago, a group of mums, dads and grandparents did something that had never...
Read MoreFederal solar discounts welcome for schools and our kids future
August 05, 2026
Parents for Climate has welcomed the announcement by federal Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen expanding the Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme to cover solar installations up to one megawatt in size, cutting installation costs for large commercial, industrial and agricultural buildings by around...
Read MoreGovernment moves to scrap “carbon neutral” certification, in win for parents who fought greenwashing
July 24, 2026
Parents for Climate welcomes the Federal Government’s decision to close the Climate Active program and end the risky practice of certifying businesses’ voluntary climate claims as “carbon neutral”. The national parent advocacy organisation has campaigned for over three years through a landmark court case,...
Read More800,000 days of learning lost: new report backs the case for Solar Our Learning
July 22, 2026
New research from ARACY and UNICEF Australia shows climate change is already disrupting early childhood education across Australia, and confirms solar and battery power for early learning centres is one of the clearest fixes on the table. A major new report released today, 800,000...
Read MoreNSW Labor Conference backs solar & batteries for public schools & early learning
July 06, 2026
Parents for Climate, Future Ready Schools, and the NSW/ACT Electrical Trades Union (ETU) has welcomed a motion passed at the NSW Labor Conference this weekend calling for a comprehensive rollout of solar generation and battery storage at every public school and early learning centre...
Read MoreParents to NSW Government: our kids can't afford another coal expansion
June 12, 2026
The NSW Government today ignored a clear warning from its own independent climate adviser: that expanding coal mining breaks the state's climate laws, and our kids will pay for it. The Government accepted four of the Commission's five findings but refused to accept the...
Read MoreParents for Climate Statement: CSIRO's Climate Science Cuts Are a Threat to Every Australian Family
June 10, 2026
Last week, CSIRO announced it will cut 92 positions from its environment unit, including roughly five of the twelve scientists who maintain ACCESS, Australia's own climate model. We want to be clear about what this means, and why it matters. ACCESS (the Australian...
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