Articles and media releases

Queensland Renters to Benefit from LNP Opposition’s Solar Scheme

March 12, 2024

Parents for Climate welcomes today’s announcement by the Liberal National Opposition to provide renters across the state greater access to cheap solar energy via a $3,500 grant to eligible landlords. Nic Seton, CEO of Parents for Climate, said: “This announcement is a ray of...

Connecting with the next generation through the power of music

March 08, 2024

Was it worth the 31 hour road trip? Well, according to our youngest and most passionate Swifty - "It was the best night of my life!" And whilst it wasn't quite the best night of my life, being at the Taylor Swift Eras Tour...

What we know about last year’s top 10 wild Australian climatic events – from fire and flood combos to cyclone-driven extreme rain

March 01, 2024

Laure Poncet, Research officer, UNSW SydneyAndrew King Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne Fire. Flood. Fire and flood together. Double-whammy storms. Unprecedented rainfall. Heatwaves. Climate change is making some of Australia’s weather more extreme. In 2023, the country was hit by...

Extreme heat costs families as schools become unsafe for kids

February 21, 2024

Families in Western Australia are bearing the burden of extreme heat and fire risks this summer. Today, 28 schools in southern Western Australia are closed due to catastrophic fire conditions impacting more than 2000 students.

Rooftop solar could slash up to $130 million a year from energy bills for childcare centres

February 16, 2024

Federal and state governments could help the early childhood education and care (ECEC) sector save up to $130 million annually in energy bills with the installation of rooftop solar and batteries, protecting early childhood centres from future energy price rises and reducing financial pressures...

‘It’s not game over – it’s game on’: why 2024 is an inflection point for the climate crisis

January 24, 2024

Wesley Morgan, Griffith University In 2024, global climate trends are cause for both deep alarm and cautious optimism. Last year was the hottest on record by a huge margin and this year will likely be hotter still. The annual global average temperature may, for...

We stand with First Nations families and communities

January 24, 2024

This week (and every week) we stand in solidarity with First Nations families and invite you to do the same.

Cost-of-living solutions welcomed, but millions of Australian families at risk in dangerously hot homes

January 16, 2024

Parents for Climate welcomes the announcement from NSW and Federal governments to provide matched funding for cost-saving upgrades to up to 24,000 social housing properties and to open up access to solar power to more than 30,000 households in total. However, Parents for Climate...

2023 was a big year for parent advocacy

January 09, 2024

Well, that was a big year! Our last submission (to the Dept of Climate Change, Energy Environment and Water) will be issued on December 15th, bringing the total for the last 3 months to 12 formal submissions!! In our most recent submission, Sustainable Finance...

Millions of Australian kids at risk as families struggle to cool dangerously hot homes in cost of living crisis

December 13, 2023

As another record-setting summer approaches, millions of Australian families will be unable to keep their kids cool in dangerously hot homes, with cost-of-living pressures stretching households to the financial limit, a new report from Parents for Climate and Sweltering Cities warns. The report, Hothouse...