Lock the Gate

Where would you rather see our taxpayer money invested?

The Government wants to frack, but what does Australia want?

We’ve put together a letter you can sign below and add your ideas for the Federal Government on what they could do with our hard-earned tax dollars.

Please add your name and give us your ideas for where you’d rather see your tax dollars spent.

Petition text:

To Federal Parliamentarians, Ministers, Departments,

We are alarmed and disappointed to see the Federal Government now rolling out a suite of actions to prop up expensive and dangerous gas fracking across Australia without any proper public accountability.

As voters and concerned Australians, we ask that you hear our message - do not spend our money on gas fracking projects and big new gas pipelines.

Farmlands, water resources and the climate can’t afford to keep propping up polluting gas.

It’s time for Australia to grow stronger and tool up to embrace cleaner energy and storage.

There are a multitude of ways the Government could take a smarter approach to the Covid recovery. The Australian community has many ideas on how we can boost agriculture, tourism, First Nations opportunities, community health and disaster relief.

We know we can create jobs by genuinely supporting diverse Australian businesses, not throwing our money at the gas fracking industry.

We see huge opportunities to help Australia to get off polluting and expensive gas into the future, to modernise our power and heating and to save on gas and energy bills.

I ask that you oppose the measures being rolled out to fast-track gas fracking, including the ill-considered and secretive National Gas Infrastructure Plan, and take on board our ideas for how the money could be better spent.

Yours sincerely,

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What would you rather see money spent on?

Here are some ideas:

Helping Australian businesses get off gas
Funding community projects in your neighbourhood
Land stewardship programs
Supporting First Nations organisations and businesses working on country
Renewable energy projects and battery storage
Disaster relief

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Shirlene Maloney commented 2021-03-30 16:18:01 +1100
Mark Lucas commented 2021-03-30 15:29:36 +1100

Support our communities, look to the future and respect the past (including recognising First Nations peoples), fracking & fossil fuel extraction does nothing but take us closer to edge of disaster.
Shirley Deviesseux commented 2021-03-30 15:18:24 +1100
Bruce Warburton commented 2021-03-30 15:11:40 +1100
John Egginton commented 2021-03-30 14:21:20 +1100
Penelope Renshaw commented 2021-03-30 14:08:35 +1100
Dale Steenbergen commented 2021-03-30 13:11:12 +1100
Julia Jackson commented 2021-03-30 12:57:25 +1100

I would MUCH rather see this money spent on renewable energy projects that would provide 10 x more jobs per $1,000,000 of investment than gas projects, and develop technology and skills for the future. Australia has the potential to be a world leading green energy superpower – so why would the Federal Government choose expensive and polluting gas over cheaper and cleaner renewables? (Is it A – lobbying from gas companies, B- looking after their corporate mates, C – ensuring a nice well paid company directorship after a political career, or D – all of the above.)
Julia Jackson commented 2021-03-30 12:55:26 +1100

I would MUCH rather see this money spent on renewable energy projects that would provide 10 x more jobs per $1,000,000 of investment than gas projects, and develop technology and skills for the future. Australia has the potential to be a world leading green energy superpower – so why would the Federal Government choose expensive and polluting gas over cheaper and cleaner renewables? (Is it A – lobbying from gas companies, B- looking after their corporate mates, C – ensuring a nice well paid company directorship after a political career, or D – all of the above.)
Antonio Comyn commented 2021-03-30 12:34:02 +1100
Aurora Kurth commented 2021-03-30 12:32:03 +1100
Helen Bundock commented 2021-03-30 11:10:02 +1100

I would much rather have the government investing public money in renewable energy projects and preserving the land for food production, supporting First Nations organisations and businesses that support and inspire the local populations.
Dale Warren commented 2021-03-30 10:40:57 +1100
Carolyn Sharp commented 2021-03-30 10:23:06 +1100

I would rather see the money spent on creating renewable energy projects that benefit our environment and on creating battery storage options, particularly for those who do not have the option to go solar. I would also like to see the First Nations having more autonomy over the lands they have nurtured for generations and for all people to work together for community benefits. With the effects of Climate Change becoming more obvious to people, now is the time to galvanise action that will mitigate the ongoing disasters that are now entrenched into our future lives. We need to plan for how to prevent and deal with disasters as well as how to recover from them.
Carolyn Sharp commented 2021-03-30 10:23:06 +1100

I would rather see the money spent on creating renewable energy projects that benefit our environment and on creating battery storage options, particularly for those who do not have the option to go solar. I would also like to see the First Nations having more autonomy over the lands they have nurtured for generations and for all people to work together for community benefits. With the effects of Climate Change becoming more obvious to people, now is the time to galvanise action that will mitigate the ongoing disasters that are now entrenched into our future lives. We need to plan for how to prevent and deal with disasters as well as how to recover from them.
Elizabeth Hewson commented 2021-03-30 10:15:40 +1100
Nick Staniforth commented 2021-03-30 09:11:51 +1100
Laraine Newton commented 2021-03-30 09:09:36 +1100

I am happy to pay my share of tax but not when it supports a gas lead recovery and fracking. given the Climate crisis We should be investing in renewable energy and community land stewardship.
Mark Worrall commented 2021-03-30 09:07:22 +1100

Madness extended, when will we learn.
Michelle D commented 2021-03-30 09:03:13 +1100
Fiona Sim commented 2021-03-30 08:09:25 +1100

Australia’s precious farmland must not be destroyed by fracking. Food is more important than gas. Taxpayer money should be spent on renewables and ensuring a fair transition away from fossil fuels for workers in that sector, so that we are fossil-fuel free by 2030.
Andrew Gray commented 2021-03-30 02:49:39 +1100
Jenni York commented 2021-03-30 00:14:58 +1100

I would prefer to see taxpayer dollars spent on renewable energy projects and future-proofing our environment and economy against climate change. I also want to see our environmental protections strengthened with significant monetary penalties for transgressing these protections.
Chris Roberts commented 2021-03-30 00:07:12 +1100
Stephen Adams commented 2021-03-29 23:36:46 +1100
Gordon Hansom commented 2021-03-29 22:50:47 +1100
Matt McFadyen commented 2021-03-29 21:27:32 +1100
Barbara Fieberg commented 2021-03-29 21:14:21 +1100
Ian Carman commented 2021-03-29 20:57:55 +1100
Indya Mealing commented 2021-03-29 20:46:06 +1100

Fracking is so dangerous that it is banned in most countries that listen to scientists. It creates very few jobs- far less that renewable energy sector. No one in Australia even wants it – your authoritarian regime is imposing un scientific, short sighted and destructive fracking policies on a public that actively and obviously are opposed to it. Water is out most valuable resource in this sunburnt country- fracking threatens that’s. Australia is so far behind the energy revolution that is happening – you are setting the country up for massive economic punishment.

We could be world leaders in new technology and new energy. We have the potential but lack the political will. You as a government will be held accountable for this travesty in the history books.