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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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Peter Willadsen commented 2021-03-23 15:49:33 +1100

I believe this is yet more evidence (do we need more?) of a government desperately short of the ideas needed to achieve future economic viability for Australia. Facilitate change; don’t hide in yesterday’s technology.
Brenda Rule commented 2021-03-23 15:49:32 +1100
Denise Murray commented 2021-03-23 15:49:27 +1100

Spending money on getting global warming projects going does not make sense. The more frequent sever weather events is already costing the economy dearly and will only get worse. The more we spend on renewable energy the less we will end up spending on disaster relief.
Joanne Blaik commented 2021-03-23 15:49:22 +1100

I would see the money spent on supporting people on welfare to live above the poverty line, allowing those of us who need it to be on the Disability pension instead of jobseeker
Anna Marsden commented 2021-03-23 15:49:19 +1100

Fracking has been shown elsewhere to be dangerous to our most precious resource, namely water. Hydraulic fracturing – fracking – is a known producer of methane, though its proponents argue otherwise. Well, they would, wouldn’t they. I am astonished that this government is so eager to pursue an industry with known major drawbacks and little benefit to the country as a whole.
Dr Lindsay Sharp commented 2021-03-23 15:49:08 +1100

The fundamental reason why there have been recent shortages in natural gas [methane] prices is the unmitigated greed and stupidity of the gas production companies. By over contracting gas for offshore markets they have depleted stocks, especially on the east coast, available for domestic consumption. Fracking is avoidable and the loss of methane into the environment far greater than Government or corporations admit to. As for the massive waste of artesian and fossil water supplies- that is another avoidable scandal. The current flooding will not replenish these supplies since most is lost as runoff into the ocean. Added to which so many fracking fields have broken their environmental conditions. All in all a massively stupid waste of money with enormous environmental costs not paid for by the industry.
Thong Lee commented 2021-03-23 15:49:04 +1100

Spend more money in improving health system including mental wellbeing, education, social welfare including wiping out poverty and standards of living including national security and environment.
Jonathan Angell commented 2021-03-23 15:49:02 +1100
Ossie Gordon commented 2021-03-23 15:48:45 +1100

Forget gas it’s to dear to produce ,consumers get slugged for the cost shortfalls to be able to compete on the world markets

More dams to harvest water 💦

More agriculture products on irrigation

More driving turbo power generators for producing cheaper power to consumers

Example snowy scheme ,where are all the other schemes ,in the two hard basket in the closet collecting dust

Harvest water ,oh no that’s not a vote winner

Where is all the water going after all this rain

Out to sea what a waste

You bet there will be another drought as the cycle lives on and all the politicians sitting on their asses doing nothing again

Wake up Angus Taylor an election soon,you might be in fo a long holiday .Oh I forgot you will still your fat bonus.
Stephen Kimber commented 2021-03-23 15:48:44 +1100

Gas, like other fossil fuels, is no longer either an economic nor environmental resource of any medium or long term value to Australia. To spend large sums of money exploiting/developing such is to WASTE money and support a fossil fooled government of the people by the corporation and for the corporation. Monies would be much better spent on developing Australia’s prodigious renewables capability, expediting and developing infrastructure for EVs and so on, providing social housing and combatting Australia’s worsening poverty problem and actual governance for all the people, not just the plutocracy and various hangers on.
Kellie Walsh commented 2021-03-23 15:48:40 +1100
Josephine Brown commented 2021-03-23 15:48:38 +1100
Lydia Piscioneri commented 2021-03-23 15:48:17 +1100

Helping Australian businesses get off gas

Renewable energy projects ie Solar and battery storage
John Bloomfield commented 2021-03-23 15:48:01 +1100

Establish a Federal ICAC with TEETH. Outlaw the source of the problem – money in politics!!!

See the corporate oligarchy that has destroyed US democracy – that is Australia’s future on our present course.
Richard Fisher commented 2021-03-23 15:47:44 +1100

What about Public housing,women’s refuges,ICAC, Education, local infrastructure,national parks,recycling initiatives, clean water.
Ruth Watson commented 2021-03-23 15:47:43 +1100
Kim Zegenhagen commented 2021-03-23 15:47:38 +1100

It would be far better to spend money on Renewable Energy infrastructure and battery storage..
Shaun Leyland commented 2021-03-23 15:47:35 +1100

Australia generally and especially the Northern Territory are strongly placed to be world leaders in renewable energy and so demonstrate commitment to climate change issues. Be strong and have the courage to move away from destructive mining which doesn’t benefit the community at large.
Antony Bennett commented 2021-03-23 15:47:18 +1100

Recognising the current importance of fossil fuels on our economy, we cannot, in the interests of the country, continue to throw good money after bad ideas. Government is about leadership, it is time to lead on renewables.

Save the money and improve our aged care and disability care sectors. Save the money and commence retraining people and industries reliant on fossil fuels. Save the money and look at water saving initiatives before the next 8-year drought. Save the money and look at affordable housing initiatives. Save the money and close these cruel and inhumane detention centres for our refugees.
brian pree commented 2021-03-23 15:47:08 +1100
Pauline Hewitt commented 2021-03-23 15:46:44 +1100

Use our good coal to support the coal industry as he cannot go fully to green energy. We need to build another power station to replace the Liddell power station. It was proved in Texas USA that you can’t go fully green. The wind turbines couldn’t work because of all the snow, and if it’s too windy they won’t work. Solar power didn’t work because their wasn’t enough sunshine. We have seen what happened in South Australia with power failures.

Build a new power station to replace the old one and use our good coal for it. Stop sending our good coal overseas
Cindy Kelly commented 2021-03-23 15:46:26 +1100
michael greenham commented 2021-03-23 15:46:21 +1100

We need to spend money to halt and redress the spread of noxious weeds and pests.
Lyness Huntley commented 2021-03-23 15:46:21 +1100

No fracking

Get Australia working

Look after this beautiful country
Jo Bealham commented 2021-03-23 15:46:19 +1100
Trevor Hesse commented 2021-03-23 15:46:15 +1100
Lorraine Brister commented 2021-03-23 15:46:13 +1100
Rob Mihailovic commented 2021-03-23 15:46:11 +1100
Kathryn Gray commented 2021-03-23 15:46:10 +1100

Campaign for and incentivise new home builders and renovators to choose energy efficient household appliances such as induction cook tops and heat pump water heaters over gas appliances.
Emma Stock commented 2021-03-23 15:46:07 +1100