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...

July 21, 2021

The Australian curriculum must be protected from fossil fuel lobby groups seeking to rewrite facts in our children’s education, says Australian Parents for Climate Action (AP4CA).   A review of the national curriculum is currently open for  public consultation  and has received a submission...

May 21, 2021

21 May 2021   Thousands of parents and grandparents around Australia are being schooled by student Climate Strikers, at colourful local events calling for climate action. Suzie Brown, mother and National Director of Australian Parents for Climate Action said: “Australian parents are joining their...

May 07, 2021

This Mother’s Day parents around Australia are preparing to take their children to the Climate Strikes on May 21 to call for Federal government action on climate. But how do we communicate about climate change with our children without giving them - and ourselves...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...