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Batteries will unlock savings for millions of households

April 08, 2025

The battery package announced by the Federal Government is a huge win for millions of Australians who can now slash their power bills for good and save with batteries, as well as solar. There will also be positive flow-on effects for all households. The...

Parents Celebrate Game-Changer in Solar Revolution—Now Call for Bipartisan Action

April 06, 2025

Parents across the country are celebrating the Federal Government’s landmark battery rebate announcement, calling it the “missing link” in unlocking cheaper power bills, climate security, and energy independence for families and small businesses. The new policy will deliver a 30 per cent discount off...

Parents for Climate applauds bipartisanship on cost-saving home electrification - now where’s the action?

April 02, 2025

Advocacy group Parents for Climate applauds the Economics References Senate Committee report into residential electrification this week and calls for parties across the spectrum to back in the report’s findings with strong election commitments. Parents for Climate CEO Nic Seton said he was...

Climate Parents Podcast

March 12, 2025

Back in April 2023, we featured a brand new Parent Powered Podcast - Now What Now created by climate Mums Mei and Rosa. Two years later the podcast is still going strong with Rosa continuing to regularly add new inspiring parent stories. When it...

Climate Action Parent Style

March 11, 2025

Our March National Month of Action is well underway. It’s awesome to see parents, grandparents and families across the country stepping into climate action in a variety of ways through attending and hosting community events; engaging with MPs and candidates; starting local action groups;...

2.3 million days of lost learning due to ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred: Parents call for action on school safety

March 11, 2025

Case studies available Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred, made more intense and damaging due to climate pollution, has caused 2.3 million days of lost learning across Queensland and New South Wales, says advocacy group Parents for Climate. “Unnatural weather extremes, worsened by burning coal and gas,...

This Election, Use Your Voice for Your Kids’ Future

March 11, 2025

As a parent, I don’t need to be a climate scientist to know that the world my kids are growing up in is changing. I see it in the rising cost of groceries, in the summers that stretch longer and hotter, and in the...

Classrooms Closing Due to Extreme Weather: Parents Call for Action on School Safety

February 17, 2025

As extreme weather forces hundreds of schools to close, advocacy group Parents for Climate is calling on state and federal governments to protect students by installing solar-powered air-conditioning and considering a shift in school term dates. Nic Seton, Parents for Climate CEO, said our...

The Making of ‘Later is Too Late’ – More Than Just an Ad

February 12, 2025

Two weeks before Christmas, at the busiest time of the year, we put out a call. 🎟️ We asked parents, kids - even a puppy - to come together to help create something powerful: a message straight from the heart, reminding Australians that later...

EV touring: What happened when we ran our BYD Atto 3 battery down to zero

February 11, 2025

Fresh from a 4,550 km, three state, two week family road trip in an electric vehicle, David McEwen Iv reports back on his experience, including the good, the bad, the future, and a special mention. Imagine you’re on a regional highway and have run...