Articles and media releases
Tassie schools to shine as solar scheme gets green light
April 23, 2021
Tasmanian parents are welcoming election commitments from both major parties to implement a $5m renewable energy program in the state’s schools, with the Liberals matching Labor. Parents who helped push for the promise are today celebrating. “This is a win for our...
Read More‘No-Brainer’: Australian parents call for Federal Budget support to Solar Our Schools
January 28, 2021
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 28 JANUARY 2021 AUSTRALIAN PARENTS for Climate Action has renewed calls for the Federal Government to prioritise funding for solar panels on every school and early childhood education centre in Australia, ahead of the deadline for public submissions for the next...
Read MoreOpportunity missed for a Green Recovery
October 07, 2020
MEDIA RELEASE - 7TH OCTOBER 2020 Opportunity missed for a Green Recovery Australian parents asking for a safer future for their children have been ignored in this Federal Budget, saying a key opportunity has been badly missed for a green recovery from Covid-19...
Read MorePrime Minister's Solar Powered Cubby Signals the Future Parents Want
October 06, 2020
More than 10,000 Australian parents have signed an open letter asking Prime Minister Scott Morrison to fund solar panels and batteries for all Australian schools and early childhood centres. A COVID-safe convoy of 20 parents delivered the petition via a ‘solar-powered cubby house’ to...
Read MoreWe have the solution to ScoMo's energy woes
September 21, 2020
MEDIA RELEASE - 18TH SEPTEMBER 2020 Australian Parents for Climate Action (AP4CA) have presented a “no-brainer” solution to the Prime Minister’s challenge for the energy industry to come up with a way to generate 1000 megawatts of dispatchable power. AP4CA are asking the federal...
Read MoreOur horrific Black Summer: We call on the government for a climate-positive COVID-19 recovery
July 05, 2020
By AP4CA members Liz Cowan and Amy Blain, Canberra. Throughout the Bushfire Royal Commission hearings, Australians are reminded that bushfire survivors have not forgotten their terrifying Black Summer. Australian Parents for Climate Action released an emotional video, based on parents’ submissions to the commission. Here...
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