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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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Annette Percy commented 2021-03-27 20:11:32 +1100
Deborah Bell commented 2021-03-27 19:59:42 +1100

Don’t frack Australian! Look after the land, water, animals, environment, and all people equally! It’s not that hard! Change is what is needed, less greed more responsibility for our future in this amazing planet we all call home. Please for our children, for all those without a voice who want to believe in humanity.
Kathy Prokhovnik commented 2021-03-27 19:47:59 +1100

Put taxpayers’ money into renewables and electric cars, not into gas companies.
Dian Trewartha commented 2021-03-27 19:34:47 +1100

There are so many projects our citizens need before any funds are directed to fracking. For example:

Disaster relief, support for victims of violence (domestic), construction of temporary accommodation for homeless youth to name a few.
Jennifer Sykes commented 2021-03-27 19:33:09 +1100

I would rather see our tax payer monies spent on renewable energy projects. Fracking destroys our environment, pollutes our precious water resources and poisons our valuable farmland. It is time for these environmentally destructive practices such as fracking and coal mining to stop.
Kellie McMaster commented 2021-03-27 19:08:24 +1100

I’d like to see taxpayer money used to actually invest in our environment. Better infrastructure in national parks. More jobs on country for First Nations people. More jobs for biologists working in government departments to actually document and study the plants and animals of this country, park rangers with job descriptions that include more than just issuing parking fines and emptying bins.
Teri Chapman commented 2021-03-27 19:01:53 +1100
Barbara Kerr commented 2021-03-27 19:01:07 +1100
Dinah Della-Porta commented 2021-03-27 19:00:30 +1100
Colleen Fraser commented 2021-03-27 18:42:04 +1100
Chris Anderson commented 2021-03-27 18:38:25 +1100

Stop fracking our future. Australia needs to stop supporting fossil fuels in any way, and that means stop any more exploration or expansion of current mines/wells now and phase out at least 95% of fossil fuels by 2030. Also stop all fossil fuel subsidies, including rebates and depletion allowances, and stop the farce of so-called carbon storage that is in fact used to extract more from old wells.

Stop poisoning our water or destroying it or gifting it to huge companies.

Ordinary Australians would get far more benefit (including jobs) from a program to upgrade energy efficiency in every home in Australia by 2030 plus community batteries and renewable energy and electric vehicle fast charging networks and electric buses plus more public housing.

Help every small business with energy efficiency and renewables.

Start in regional Australia.

Fund regenerative farming and drought and flood resilience and revegetation, especially for smaller farmers in marginal areas.
Christel Pidcock commented 2021-03-27 18:34:12 +1100
Zoe Wilson commented 2021-03-27 18:10:35 +1100
Thea Eves commented 2021-03-27 18:09:20 +1100
Gerard Liebig commented 2021-03-27 18:02:43 +1100

There is absolutely no reason at all to frack any part of Australia or the world for that matter.

It is obvious to me that any government state or federal that allows fracking is on the take from the fossil fuel industry.
Margaret Opie commented 2021-03-27 17:54:33 +1100

Fund renewable energy projects and battery storage and support land stewardship programmes, many of which have First Nations participants.
Beth Marrocco commented 2021-03-27 17:49:04 +1100
Kate Tubbs commented 2021-03-27 17:45:58 +1100

Use the money on Health and education, not fracking
Wendy Mcwilliams commented 2021-03-27 17:32:51 +1100

Dams would be a good idea instead of wasting and poisening water for fracking
Lyle Emerson commented 2021-03-27 17:14:19 +1100
Judi Summers commented 2021-03-27 17:09:08 +1100
Brian Lee commented 2021-03-27 16:59:15 +1100
Robyn Stewart commented 2021-03-27 16:55:44 +1100

Australia lags behind in so many ways; from being a world leader, we are very laggard. I would like to see an all-out attempt to make this country energy renewable and standing on its own two feet, and becoming a leader again.
Diana Deeley commented 2021-03-27 16:53:52 +1100

Australians need jobs that will take them into the future! Skills and employment in renewable and sustainable industries is needed now!
Susan Ambler commented 2021-03-27 16:48:09 +1100

Taxpayer money for Covid 19 recovery should be spent on re-training and re-skilling workers in polluting and damaging industries in to sustainable and future proofed industries and supporting them to get new jobs – not on tired old polluting industries with no future.
Louise Somerville commented 2021-03-27 16:10:40 +1100
Mish Songsmith commented 2021-03-27 15:52:47 +1100

Frack off we don’t want fracking! We want conservation, water tanks, solar power and natural alternatives that give back to the earth NOT TAKE!
David Marshall commented 2021-03-27 15:45:20 +1100

Gas Fracking is Environmentally Destructive both to Land Masses & to Water Supplies.

Australia has limited resources of food producing, agricultural land. This land must be preserved & protected for our Farmers & Landowners.

Farmers & Graziers are very concerned about the future of their water supplies & damage to their grazing land.

IT IS TIME THE GOVERNMENT LISTENED TO OUR FOOD PRODUCERS! LISTEN TO OUR FARMERS!

Gas Fracking has a History of Wreckless Damage in other countries. This is well-documented & available information.

With Australia being one of the Driest Continents on Earth, it is VITAL that we protect our Underground Water Supplies!

Gas Fracking is Short Term Gain for Long Term Environmental Damage.

Gas IS NOT the Answer for our Future Energy Needs.

ABANDON the MASSIVE EXPANSION of Gas Fracking in Australia!

Australia will REGRET this Decision if wide spread fracking is allowed!
Teresa Sheppard commented 2021-03-27 15:32:22 +1100

Renewable energy and battery storage is of prime importance with support for First Nations as they are in touch with country
Maureen Versteden commented 2021-03-27 15:10:11 +1100

Fracking releases unprecedented amounts of toxic chemicals and gases that have been there since before animals walked on the earth. This will cause contamination of water, soil and air and a terrible future for our children. Once the earth is fractured or shattered it cannot be mended.