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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Showing 30 reactions

Gordon Steicke commented 2021-03-23 16:13:15 +1100

My family does not have a lot to say about this fracking, other than to say

shame on the Government for allowing this dangerous practice to be carried out

in Australia. Please stop and think of all the things that can and do go wrong

with this practice, especially the chance of aquifer contamination.

Instead, put the money towards renewable energy projects, that’s the future for us

on a planet that is bucking the degradation that we, as humans are inflicting on the it,

our only beautiful home.
Spiro Aretoulis commented 2021-03-23 16:13:07 +1100
David Neathercote commented 2021-03-23 16:13:07 +1100

Gas is NOT the answer! More investment in renewables IS the answer. Listen to the science NOT the advisers and lobbyist’s from the fossil fuel companies.
Brigid Dowsett commented 2021-03-23 16:13:05 +1100

Federal government must stop supporting the powerful gas fracking and pipeline lobby. We already have access to enough gas if needed as a transition towards 100% renewables. We want clean sustainable jobs in renewable energy projects, battery storage and Electric vehicles. We must protect our soils, rivers and aquifers and fund indigenous, community and land stewardship projects that protect our natural environment through restorative agriculture.
Glenn Conroy commented 2021-03-23 16:12:59 +1100

ZERO emissions is AIM asap says Prime Minister BUT as gas is a non-sustainable FOSSIL FUEL just like coal and oil

HOW will burning more gas achieve zero emissions in Australia asap?
Daniel Quartermaine commented 2021-03-23 16:12:58 +1100
nola hawkins commented 2021-03-23 16:12:44 +1100

We need RENEWABLE ENERGY !!! – and to stop propping up these disastrous, destructive ‘fracking’ companies whose time is over.

Please encourage land stewardship programs, and save land and water for our future generations to produce what they need

Please stop allowing the destruction of our rivers – stop stealing so much irrigation for products such as cotton

Stop being lead by wealthy political allies – plan and work for a much improved future

Stop SELLING our country off ! Leases only, and remove them when the purchasers are anti Australian bullies
Jean Thomson commented 2021-03-23 16:12:35 +1100
Sandra Englart commented 2021-03-23 16:12:17 +1100
Michael Kiddle commented 2021-03-23 16:12:10 +1100
Noelle Johnston commented 2021-03-23 16:12:09 +1100

Government spending needs to concentrate on assisting companies to get out of Gas projects andinvesting in renewable energy projects.
Sue McLeod commented 2021-03-23 16:12:05 +1100

I would rather see tax payers money spent on renewable energy
ToneZ Mummery commented 2021-03-23 16:12:02 +1100

You can’t eat money!!
Sally Wilson commented 2021-03-23 16:12:02 +1100

Assisting communities affected by Fire and Floods

Renewable energy projects and battery storage

Supporting farmers and graziers to develop landcare programmes that look after the environment not abuse it

Supporting Farmers and timber industries to transition away from land clearing
Roger Adams commented 2021-03-23 16:11:54 +1100
Vicki Barry commented 2021-03-23 16:11:36 +1100

please fund the advancement and research into renewable energy, and storage of that clean energy.
Morag McKinnon commented 2021-03-23 16:11:27 +1100

It’s imperative that tax payers’ money is used to generate long term sustainable sources of energy. Sourcing gas and coal will further destroy the climate.
Ellie Bock commented 2021-03-23 16:11:11 +1100

We need to create an independent, rigorously scrutinised Fossil Fuel & Frack Free Future Fund ASAP – to achieve all of the above and more – including habitat restoration in areas which have been opened up to fracking. Without the aid of any dodgy colour-coded rorts spreadsheets.
Janet Grogan commented 2021-03-23 16:11:10 +1100

Renewable energy is the future, and the only future we have. It’s time to retreat from fossil-based energy and embrace a hopeful future for all.
Elisabeth O'Sullivan commented 2021-03-23 16:11:01 +1100
Richard Stanford commented 2021-03-23 16:10:58 +1100

Renewable energy projects and batteries.
kathryn lai commented 2021-03-23 16:10:55 +1100
Roslyn Blunden commented 2021-03-23 16:10:50 +1100
Martin Cossey commented 2021-03-23 16:10:48 +1100
Robyn Peters commented 2021-03-23 16:10:43 +1100

Please please. What will it take for governments to start leading in a better direction. Away from fossil fuels and away from overconsumption.
Ron Pyle commented 2021-03-23 16:10:28 +1100
Francoise Sauvere commented 2021-03-23 16:10:21 +1100

Supporting small farmers would be a far better investment than an fossil fuel extraction developments.
Natalie Warren commented 2021-03-23 16:10:13 +1100

Spend the money on modernising the grid to better take advantage of renewable energy.
Neville Burns commented 2021-03-23 16:10:13 +1100

supporting first nations organizations and businesses working on country
Angela Munro commented 2021-03-23 16:10:11 +1100

I’d like advice and practical assistance to transfer from gas to renewable energy and local jobs in that transfer