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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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Greg Rush commented 2021-03-23 15:22:34 +1100
Susan Lusk commented 2021-03-23 15:22:30 +1100
Douglas Stetner commented 2021-03-23 15:22:19 +1100

Fracking is the LAST thing we need. Invest in true renewables only.
Hugh Vaughan commented 2021-03-23 15:22:14 +1100

Subsidies for fossil fuels in Australia are already estimated at $29 billion per annum. Yet these fossil fuels that we subsidise are destroying our health the environment that sustains us and the health, security and prosperity of generations to come. It is time that government funds are withdrawn from the things that are killing us and re-directed to the things that will sustain us. I would like to see money spent on renewables and grid infrastructure to support them, on innovative, new industries that can thrive on the clean, green energy and on supporting and transitioning communities that are dependent on fossil fuel extraction. In 1972 the slogan ’It’s time’ swept tired, ineffective and short-sighted conservative forces from power in Australia. Whether the next election is in 2021 or 2022, it will be well past time. People of Australia, young and old alike, have had enough of the tired discredited way of doing things. Get on board, or get out of the way.
Beverley Symons commented 2021-03-23 15:22:08 +1100

It would be of far greater importance for Government money to be spent on renewable energy projects and battery storage
Lee Kemp commented 2021-03-23 15:22:05 +1100
David Lewis commented 2021-03-23 15:22:03 +1100
Beth Hall commented 2021-03-23 15:21:49 +1100

Spend money on renewable energy projects and strengthening transmission lines.
Paul McCabe commented 2021-03-23 15:21:38 +1100

Gas is such a short term solution to future energy needs, and funding should go to research and development of more sustainable energy sources such as hydrogen and safe nuclear.
Kirk Hirsch commented 2021-03-23 15:21:35 +1100

Do not irreparably disrupt our aquafers’ bedrock for the sake of some resource that will be outdated and soon replaced. Invest it in clean energy instead.
Hayley Turner commented 2021-03-23 15:21:29 +1100

Having just been affected by the floods. More infrastructure for disaster relief
Walter Schellenberg commented 2021-03-23 15:21:25 +1100
james grubb commented 2021-03-23 15:21:25 +1100

Fracking is a stupid waste of money and resources, it poisons the environment and damages everywhere it has taken place. Please ensure the mney is used to support vulnerable communities and the environment.
Dianna Edwards commented 2021-03-23 15:21:09 +1100

Listen to SCIENTISTS to know how to deal with CLIMATE CHANGE. Please stop pandering only to $$$
John Neve commented 2021-03-23 15:20:53 +1100

The government should be looking at nuclear base load generation. We have the raw material, the land mass and the geological stability.
Macgregor Greer commented 2021-03-23 15:20:49 +1100
Ailsa Williams commented 2021-03-23 15:20:44 +1100

We need money to be spent of a just transition to renewable energy, for the businesses and the workers. We need to start on this NOW
Brian Plummer commented 2021-03-23 15:20:41 +1100
Jenny Medd commented 2021-03-23 15:20:33 +1100

Money should be spent on renewable energy projects, disaster relief (based on genuine need NOT political expediency) and/or Land stewardship programs – all of which which provide BENEFITS to taxpayers and our environment at the same time.
Roberta and Ken Crawford-Condie commented 2021-03-23 15:20:32 +1100
Charles Street commented 2021-03-23 15:20:31 +1100
Jeanette Watson commented 2021-03-23 15:20:30 +1100

Renewable energy projects and battery storage, there is so many things but whatever the government does with the money it has to do with saving the planet
Lizzy Nash commented 2021-03-23 15:20:24 +1100

The reinstatement of traditional fire regimes used by Indigenous Australians for thousands of years.

Encourage business at all levels to reduce their carbon footprint and incentivise this.

Invest and support renewable energy projects and battery storage

Abolish the new electric car tariff being introduced by Victorian government for July 1 2021.
Jan Murray commented 2021-03-23 15:20:08 +1100

Fracking is terminal; the damage it causes can never be undone.
Tony Logan commented 2021-03-23 15:19:55 +1100
Maria Zettl commented 2021-03-23 15:19:47 +1100

Australia is fortunate to have a most significant supply of solar and wind possibilities. Wind farms and solar farms have already not only successfully been trialed in other countries but are as a matter of fact now an integral part of those countries. Unfortunately and inexplicably to me we are limping behind other countries in the world.
Georgiana Antoce commented 2021-03-23 15:19:39 +1100

I’d encourage adequate involvement with community projects, suicide prevention, validation of past abuse and transparency in journalism, with promotion of accountability and access to information essential for a meaningful life.
Tom Swann commented 2021-03-23 15:19:36 +1100

Healthcare, agriculture, manufacturing, renewable energy – just about anything would be better than gas pipelines.
Bruce Allen commented 2021-03-23 15:19:31 +1100
Noeleen Trueman commented 2021-03-23 15:19:27 +1100