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Without greater investment in renewables, federal budget fails to deliver long term financial relief for families
March 30, 2022
Australian Parents for Climate Action has called on the Federal Government to help families struggling with cost of living pressures, by providing more affordable access to electric vehicles and installation of solar panels to their homes. While the temporary, one off tax cuts announced...
Read MoreLess Photo Opps, A Lot More Climate Action Please
March 10, 2022
Responding to Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s National Emergency Declaration announcement for the ongoing flooding, Australian Parents for Climate Action demands a more genuine response to increasingly frequent and severe climate disasters.
Read MoreIPCC Report Response: Australian Families are dealing with the cost of inaction now
March 01, 2022
Australian Parents for Climate Action highlights the gravity and severity of the latest climate science report from the IPCC. This report arrives while the people of South East Queensland and Northern New South Wales are being hit with extreme flooding. Climate change is affecting...
Read MoreParents welcome momentum on climate, but Labor still leaves Australia behind the world
December 03, 2021
Australian Parents for Climate Action welcomes Labor’s climate policy announcement today, including a target of a 43% reduction in emissions by 2030. The package is a positive step forward that will create jobs in renewable energy and see Australia move in the same direction...
Read MoreUnfair access to energy playing solar update in schools
November 19, 2021
After an announcement yesterday, Western Australian schools are now able to apply for grants for the McGowan government’s $44.6 million Schools Clean Energy Technology package. By combining solar panels and batteries, schools will be able to become virtual power plants, allowing them to...
Read MoreDarwin Local Group meets with Chief Minister
October 22, 2021
We are Cara, Alice and Allana - the local group leaders in Darwin, Larrakia country. Urging our Territory and Federal MPs to do more to tackle the climate crisis has become important volunteer work for us, while we wrangle three babies and two preschoolers!...
Read More‘Storytime for the Planet’ hosted by parents Barnaby Joyce’s Office
October 15, 2021
Community members from Tamworth Parents and Friends for Climate Action will host ‘Storytime for the Planet’ this Friday 15th October outside the office of the Hon Barnaby Joyce MP to coincide with the National Schools Strike for Climate. The group will read children’s stories...
Read MoreAussie Parents Innovate for School Strikes 4 Climate
October 15, 2021
After months of lockdown, parents are rising to the challenge to express their hopes for a climate-safe future in innovative ways, to support the School Strikes for Climate on Friday October 15. “From gathering for storytime with their children outside Barnaby Joyce’s office in...
Read MoreBrighter Future For Our Kids As Solar Our Schools Rolls Out Across Three States
July 30, 2021
Australian Parents for Climate Action are cheering from the rooftops with some good news for our kids - three state governments are now actively rolling out more solar and even batteries for state schools. This week the NSW and Tasmanian governments both announced the...
Read MoreAn Environment Minister should want to protect our kids
July 27, 2021
by DEANNA HAYES THIS week I helped deliver three tiny babies, born fresh and innocent into the world. I gazed at these little beings wondering what world they were being born into, what their lives will look like 15 or 30 years from now. Because I had...
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