Climate & Social Justice

Greens Leader’s statement on the Canberra convoy

Media Release | Spokesperson Bob Brown
Sunday 21st August 2011, 3:52pm

"Some might call the predicted thousands of trucks descending on Canberra ending up as hundreds (ABC, 21/8/11) a ‘flop', but these Australians have every right to a peaceful presence on the parliamentary lawns," Greens Leader Bob Brown said today.


"It seems like the prime qualification to be there is to be angry about something - these are Abbott's angry people," Senator Brown said.


"But it seems their views on some issues are fairly shorted sighted, very ‘me-now'."


"The number of angry people in Canberra tomorrow will increase much more than the numbers of truckers arriving in town," Senator Brown predicted.


 


 

Audio of press conference Canberra 16 08 11

Greencast | Spokesperson Sarah Hanson-Young
Tuesday 16th August 2011, 3:29pm

Audio from Sen. Hanson-Young's door stop on the latest developments with immigration policy and the Malaysia deal.

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Carbon price agreement supports and protects our most vulnerable

Media Release | Spokesperson Christine Milne
Sunday 10th July 2011, 11:49am

The agreement to put a price on pollution announced today by the Multi-Party Climate Change Committee directly supports nine out of ten Australian householders, with the most generous support going to the most vulnerable in our community.

"All members of the MPCCC have always been absolutely committed to full and fair support for householders, with the Greens consistently advocating for the strongest possible support for the most vulnerable Australians," Australian Greens Deputy Leader, Senator Christine Milne, said.

"Ms Patricia Faulkner, the expert advisor to the MPCCC was a highly valued source of advice on the questions of fairness and equity and her input was greatly appreciated."

Achievements in supporting our most vulnerable people include:

Your personal MPCCC briefing this Sunday

Blog Post | Blog of Adam Bandt MP
Thursday 7th July 2011, 5:30pm
by DamienLawson in

The price on pollution announcement is just days away.The package contains some great measures for renewable energy, constitutes a platform for action and most importantly provides for upwards flexibility. This is an historic opportunity for the nation and a great win for all of you who have worked so hard to keep climate action at the top of the political agenda.

We want you and the community to know just what gains were made for the climate.

We also need to ensure that all your hard work is not undone. Tony Abbott’s scare campaign continues and whilst we have come a long way to finding the common points of agreement between the Greens, the Independents and the government and negotiated some very important reforms, the package still needs to be communicated effectively with our local community and passed through the parliament.

Please join Greens Senator, Richard Di Natale and me this Sunday for an emergency meeting so that I can provide you with a personal briefing on our important achievements, celebrate your work and plan for our next steps!

Where: 6pm Sunday 10th July Hayden Raysmith room, Ross House, 241-251 Flinders Lane, Melbourne. Click here to RSVP via facebook.

We want to hit the ground running on Monday and start telling Melbourne about this historic achievement. We’ll be hitting train stations, handing out leaflets at shopping centres and weekend markets. We will need your help to do this.

Please give whatever spare time you have to help with letterboxing and leafleting over the next two weeks - it's critical. If we don’t communicate directly with Melbourne, the community might not understand what an important reform this is, how it will affect them and transition us to the clean energy future we so desperately need.

Sign up here now to take action in your local community and get the real story out.

Join us in Calling on Melbourne

Blog Post | Blog of Adam Bandt MP
Wednesday 1st June 2011, 10:46am
by JakeWishart in

Over the past few months supporters of the Make Change Melbourne project have hit the streets to promote action on climate change. We have been holding local MP listening posts at supermarkets, doorknocking, letterboxing and engaging with residents on the plan to cut pollution.

Now we are starting the next phase of our project. We hope you can be involved as we continue our conversation with Melbourne residents.

Over the next couple of weeks we will have 300 phone conversations with Melbourne residents to talk about their priorities for Melbourne and what issues are important to them.

Sign up here with Calling Melbourne

We will be asking our neighbours how they feel about national and local issues and what they would like to see Adam doing in Parliament and the community.

This is vital work that will help give the Melbourne community the best representation possible.

We are inviting all supporters to sign up to the roster and help make calls from Adam's office. If you have any friends who you think might enjoy getting involved, bring them along - we'll make a night of it and it will be an opportunity to connect with other Make Change Melbourne volunteers.

Please click here and slot yourself in for a shift or two. We will be in touch with the details.

This is a great opportunity to be part of Make Change Melbourne and to get an insders look at the work of Adam's office.

Thanks for taking action in Melbourne.

Jake, Sam, Damien and the Make Change Melbourne Project

P.S. Thanks to eveyone who helped with the 100% renewables doorknocking on Saturday. Along with Yarra Climate Action Now and the Darebin Climate Action Group around 40 volunteers doorknocked 500 residents on clean energy. Check out the photo of our crew here.

Old economy wins while new economy loses

Media Release | Spokesperson Bob Brown
Tuesday 10th May 2011, 7:53pm

Public mental health and private mineral wealth are the big winners out of this year's budget, Greens Leader Bob Brown said today.

"The Greens are celebrating the $1.5 billion boost to mental health funding, although we are shocked to discover that almost $0.5 billion is outside the forward estimates. There is a bias in the overall budget to the influential mining barons who are unelected and send massive profits overseas. While the mining corporations gain, programs for Australians, including the environment have been cut by billions," Senator Brown said.

Overseas Development Aid and Climate Change

Estimates Transcripts | Spokesperson Scott Ludlam
Tuesday 1st June 2010, 8:44am


Senator LUDLAM-Is this the proper place to talk about overseas development assistance?

Mr Comley-Yes.

Senator LUDLAM-With regard to the Copenhagen agreement, on the question of finance, mitigation and adaptation in developing nations, roughly how much money was agreed to be paid to developing nations?

Christine speaks on climate change at the Woodford Folk Festival

Photo Gallery | Spokesperson Christine Milne
Thursday 31st December 2009, 5:22pm
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Greens demand Just Transition for Collie

Media Release | Spokesperson Scott Ludlam
Friday 18th December 2009, 5:32pm

Australian Greens Senator for WA Scott Ludlam will join protestors at Collie, in WA’s southwest, this weekend (19-20 Dec) to call for action by State and Federal governments on climate change and oppose the expansion of the local coal industry.


“This camp has been organised by young people dedicated to making the future a better place – and I wholeheartedly support their efforts,” Senator Ludlam said.


“The organisers have been working over many weeks to engage the Collie community, including holding a public forum, distributing flyers and contacting local people.


“The Australian Greens back their calls for a ‘Just Transition’ for this community of 7,000 people, many of whose livelihoods depends on coal.