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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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June Davies commented 2021-03-23 15:29:06 +1100

I’m completely against any fracking I have Marched for it and will fight for it not to happen. Our water is our most important commodity we can’t afford to loose any of it.
Penny Ward commented 2021-03-23 15:29:05 +1100
Tony Thomas commented 2021-03-23 15:29:03 +1100
Roland Loeve commented 2021-03-23 15:28:41 +1100

Contributing to a fund to assist workers who will need to transition from Coal to Renewable Energy infrastructure and industry, sooner than later.

Building better interconnected public transport and freight corridors to reduce reliance on shared highways and long distance fuel burning efficiency
John McWhinney commented 2021-03-23 15:28:36 +1100

No more destructive fracking !
Janine Ravenwood commented 2021-03-23 15:28:29 +1100
Roger Rajaratnam commented 2021-03-23 15:28:27 +1100

Money would be much better spent on mitigating against climate change disasters, renewable energy and storage projects, helping Australians and businesses transition to a low-carbon future, and informing and better educating the community on the realities, challenges and opportunities of climate change.
Madeleine Innocent commented 2021-03-23 15:28:26 +1100
Sue Frances commented 2021-03-23 15:28:18 +1100
Ann Addis commented 2021-03-23 15:28:00 +1100

There are multiple projects with enormous potential in desperate need of financial support.

The Australian government needs to step up and support a clean renewable energy program.

Give appropriate financial and educational opportunities to First Nations people.

Support Australian manufacturers. And the list goes on.

More gas is NOT the way.
Beryn Jewson commented 2021-03-23 15:27:56 +1100

Perhaps rather than propping up the gas industry, the government could give these funds to disaster relief needed after the extreme weather events we are seeing more often these days.
tresca cullen commented 2021-03-23 15:27:52 +1100
Marion Clarke commented 2021-03-23 15:27:41 +1100
Katalina Mindszenty commented 2021-03-23 15:27:40 +1100

Fracking is destructive and dangerous to the environment and water supplies.

Australia has natural renewable resources to provide all the energy production. There are plenty of development and employment (with training) potentials in renewables.
Jeff Graham commented 2021-03-23 15:27:37 +1100

Let’s go with this
Chris Barker commented 2021-03-23 15:27:34 +1100
Ann Foley commented 2021-03-23 15:27:27 +1100
Megan Weston commented 2021-03-23 15:27:11 +1100
Christine James commented 2021-03-23 15:27:07 +1100

I urge government not to support gas fracking now or at any time. Climate change driven extreme weather events such as the current widespread floods in Eastern Australia are occurring just 12 – 14 months after unprecedented mega fires.

Enough is enough. Government should be investing in renewable energy and battery storage, disaster relief, and education of farmers in enivonmentally and economically sustainable agriculture/land management. Government should also be investing in the protection of habitats and the monitoring/care of Australian wildlife.
Mary Brasile commented 2021-03-23 15:27:05 +1100

I would prefer that our taxes are spent on supporting communities who have been affected by bushfires and floods. Help the overall economy to build more and better infrastructure that will support jobs and prevent further losses incase of future disasters.
Robert Hayes commented 2021-03-23 15:26:50 +1100
Mikayla Brighton commented 2021-03-23 15:26:45 +1100

I would prefer to see these tax payer dollars spent on:

. Assisting Australian homes and businesses transitioning to renewable energy sources

. Land stewardship and regeneration programmes.
David Gibson commented 2021-03-23 15:26:38 +1100
Rachel Loveday Alves commented 2021-03-23 15:26:33 +1100

Australia should be a world leader in renewables. I would like to see this happen sooner than latter. Let’s put any money allocated to gas exploration to much better use and get out of any reliance on fossil fuels.
Dale Hicks commented 2021-03-23 15:26:26 +1100
Nick Ernest commented 2021-03-23 15:26:23 +1100

Stop the stupid dangerous fossil fuel waste of money, now please!
Lynette Whale commented 2021-03-23 15:26:21 +1100
Ruth Harvey commented 2021-03-23 15:26:15 +1100

Pertinent to the time is the need for disaster relief, and more than that to prevent further disasters. The money needs to be spent on funding renewables and all alternatives to mining for gas and coal, and associated destructive and polluting industries. Job creation and maintenance should be happening at community level, supported by government and corporations if need be.
Lida McCool commented 2021-03-23 15:26:11 +1100

Gas is the new coal! We need to support Indigenous land practices and regenerative agriculture as well as the development of renewable energy resources.
Ea and Jean-Pierre Orhan commented 2021-03-23 15:26:10 +1100

Fund renewable energy projects , green hydrogen research , supporting and listening carefully to indigenous solutions based on thousands of years of knowledge of country , land care programmes of rehabilitation