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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Jason Hayes commented 2021-07-03 22:15:17 +1000

Australia’s climate change actions have been a disgrace. Make the immediate switch to renewable energy projects.
Breanna Cumerford commented 2021-07-03 21:39:17 +1000

Invest in becoming more self sustainable both energy wise and agriculturally.
Lloyd Gietzmann commented 2021-07-03 20:35:16 +1000

Support renewable energy and electric vehicles. Stop supporting Australia’s dependence on fossil fuels.
Kerryn Taylor commented 2021-07-03 20:16:49 +1000

I would love to see more money spent on renewable energy and incentivising people and companies to switch to more environmentally conscious options. Hasn’t the climate in the world in the past two years alone made it clear that something needs to change?
Charlie Lynch commented 2021-07-03 19:37:18 +1000
Kylie Taylor commented 2021-07-03 19:10:52 +1000

Fund renewables we’re already seeing the effects of climate change and can’t keep ignoring the problem
Nicholas Bergquist commented 2021-07-03 19:00:38 +1000

Australian government. Stop being corrupt fucks, its not hard.
Nicholas Bergquist commented 2021-07-03 18:57:52 +1000

Australian government. Stop being corrupt fucks, its not hard.
Domenic Lamattina commented 2021-07-03 18:28:43 +1000

pls stop buying into fossil fuels and for the sake of future generations such as myself invest in renewables
Simon Clements commented 2021-07-03 17:52:12 +1000
Peter Benton commented 2021-07-03 17:43:27 +1000
Connor Terry commented 2021-07-03 17:39:51 +1000
Abigail Cubitt commented 2021-07-03 17:12:53 +1000
Dylan Crupi commented 2021-07-03 16:52:50 +1000
Dylan Crupi commented 2021-07-03 16:52:30 +1000
Michael Thomas commented 2021-07-03 16:51:52 +1000
Kenechi Achusiogu commented 2021-07-03 16:51:12 +1000

Modernising infrastructure to be more environmentally safe
Jonah Crawley commented 2021-07-03 16:38:15 +1000
Christina Pender commented 2021-06-21 17:01:43 +1000
Bronte Morris commented 2021-06-15 19:23:02 +1000

These ‘welfare’ payments to unsustainable business ventures (eg gas fracking and coal fired power) such that even investment funds are getting out…are damaging the environment and the livelihood of all future generations in ALL ways. It is short term survival policy but we require LEADERSHIP from Statesmen/women. Australia has been sorely lacking this from many sides of parliament but I HOPE and PRAY that one government can show the leadership required to make a difference to history. Spend the money on making Australia a dynamic and smart country! WE once were!! Still can be if we don’t sell ourselves down the non existent river…..
Guy Matters commented 2021-06-13 17:18:25 +1000
Chris Albertsen commented 2021-05-28 16:29:58 +1000
Audrey Bunn commented 2021-05-25 15:13:29 +1000

I’d like to see more renewable energy projects and battery storage happening at all levels of community.
Freja Daniels commented 2021-05-21 20:30:59 +1000

Helping Australian businesses get off gas

Renewable energy projects and battery storage

Disaster relief
Kelsey Dunstone commented 2021-05-19 16:43:07 +1000

What an utter disappointment to see the PM who should be, and is being begged to, lead the country to renewable energy have such a cop out to justify this new plant.

Your generations may not perhaps feel dramatic effects but mine and those younger/future generations do. Coal miners need to be adapting to renewable energy and supported in that process, if smokers say they don’t want their right taken away to smoke we don’t continue to subsidize the process and support it, we continue the phase out as much as possible. Let alone $600 million to build a plant that will reek fossil fuels into the atmosphere and soils, when we have stranded Aussies still abandoned overseas and feeling stateless and unwanted, yet holding a wealth of unappreciated experience and knowledge they want to share with their country.

I have never been so upset with the Liberal party, who I have supported my whole life until the past few years, nor am I impressed with other parties being sterotypical cliches waiting for the other to speak to debate – instead of providing solutions. Farmland should not continue to be developed on until non-viable agricultural land is, and old buildings remodelled – again a simple solution to assist the agri region and protect our land to assist with tourism, quality of life, let alone the obvious slowing on climate change.

Climate change is not a future problem. We are pleading for basic common sense.
Margaret Heritage commented 2021-05-18 16:13:47 +1000
Ruth Leahy commented 2021-05-18 14:32:04 +1000
Dorothy Rossi commented 2021-05-17 22:05:37 +1000
Dorothy Rossi commented 2021-05-17 22:02:17 +1000
Steve Barton commented 2021-05-16 02:58:28 +1000