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Climate Magic: podcast review
October 20, 2025
Podcast Review by Laura Billings: Climate Magic by Sarah Jaquette Ray I’ve been listening to the Climate Magic podcast, hosted by Sarah Jaquette Ray, author and Environmental Studies professor at Cal Poly Humboldt. The show explores how emotions like climate anxiety, grief, and hope...
Read MoreSupporting Our Kids' Wellbeing
October 20, 2025
October is Mental Health Month, a time when communities across Australia come together to learn, reflect and take action to support better mental health for ourselves, our families, and our communities. As parents, many of us are already aware that the climate crisis is...
Read MoreClimate Friends Dinners: David & Felicity share their secret sauce
October 20, 2025
On a recent Saturday night, the music was humming, the kids were laughing, and the share plates were piling high with colourful, low-emission delights. For hosts David and Felicity, this twice-yearly scene has become something of a tradition — their “Climate Friends” dinners, where...
Read MoreGrowing My Own Veggies: How Food Security Sparked My Climate Journey
October 20, 2025
I’ve never exactly been blessed with a green thumb. My grandfather grew prize-winning onions. My dad spent countless weekends nurturing a backyard full of home grown produce that could rival the local market. Even my siblings seem to have inherited the gardening gene. Me?...
Read MoreMore energy retailers on notice for ‘greenwashing’ following landmark EnergyAustralia lawsuit
October 16, 2025
A new review of Australia’s biggest energy retailers has found more than 1 in 3 at risk of making misleading ‘greenwashing’ claims. The review was conducted by Parents for Climate following its landmark lawsuit against energy giant, EnergyAustralia, which publicly apologised to over 400,000...
Read MoreQueensland’s “energy roadmap” keeps bills high and households in debt
October 03, 2025
Community and social justice organisations say the Queensland Government’s new Energy Roadmap is a betrayal of families and low-income households already struggling under energy debt. The plan keeps state-owned coal plants running into the 2040s and doubles gas generation, measures experts say will...
Read MoreMy Son Will Be 30 in 2050: Why the Climate Risk Report Terrifies Me
September 19, 2025
by Sydney mum, Vaidehi ShahThis week the Australian government released two major climate-related pieces of work: first, a report outlining the climate impacts that Australia will face; and a few days later, its action plan and a target to reduce emissions by 2035. Reading...
Read MoreParents: Weak 2035 Climate Target Fails the Child Safety Test
September 18, 2025
Government ignores its own warnings, leaving children exposed to escalating climate risks DATE: Thursday 18 September The Albanese Government’s weak 2035 climate target fails the child safety test. Despite clear warnings from its own National Climate Risk Assessment, which shows children and young people...
Read MoreParents: Climate risk report is a red alert for our children’s safety - but the worst can still be avoided with bold 2035 action
September 16, 2025
The Australian Climate Service has identified 63 nationally significant climate risks across eight interconnected systems; these risks paint a stark picture of what the future could look like without immediate and strong action. By 2050, 1.5 million Australians could be directly impacted by sea...
Read MoreFamilies demand a safe climate future
September 08, 2025
Parents, grandparents and families across Australia are speaking up with a clear message: the government must set a science-aligned 2035 climate target to secure a safe future for our kids.
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