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Wills voters overwhelmingly want climate action as does the rest of Australia
A new poll of 15,000 Australians conducted by YouGov for the Australian Conservation Foundation has found that a substantial majority of Australians want governments to take climate action and set ambitiuos interim climate targets, and stop funding coal and gas.
Citizens in Moreland as part of this poll showed a much greater concern than the national average on all the question polled.
| Conclusions. Compare results Wills and National average | Wills | National Average |
| Voters believe greater climate action will help nature and wildlife survive extreme weather. | 84% | 79% |
| Voters do not believe that new coal or gas power stations should be a priority for the federal government. | 78% | 71% |
| Voters believe the federal government need to be doing more to address climate change. | 79% | 67% |
| Voters say Labor and Coalition plans for climate action will influence their vote. | 76% | 67% |
Climate Emergency candidates for MorelandVotes 2020
Climate Emergency placard
This is a list of candidates who have acknowledged with a photo that we are in a climate Emergency.
Moreland Council formerly acknowledged and declared a climate emergency in September 2018 and since then have been incorporating a climate emergency framework into Council policies.
Candidates may download the Climate Emergency declaration, print it out, sign and take an image to send to us to include on this page. We’ll even accept home drawn signs acknowleding the climate emergency. We really aren’t fussed about the neatness of the sign its the action and commitment that is important.
North-east Ward – Moreland Council 2020 election candidate responses on climate
MorelandVotes NE Ward Zoom Forum
- North East Ward Candidate List
- North East Ward Climate and Sustainability Election Forum
- Responses to Climate and Sustainability Candidate Survey
September 15, 2020 at 2:42 am morelandclimategroup Leave a comment
South Ward – Moreland Council 2020 election candidate responses on climate
Brunswick Residents Network MorelandVotes Candidates Forum
- South Ward Candidate List
- South Ward Climate and Sustainability Election Forum
- Responses to Climate and Sustainability Candidate Survey
September 15, 2020 at 2:33 am morelandclimategroup Leave a comment
North-west ward – Moreland Council 2020 election candidate responses on climate
MorelandVotes NW Ward Zoom Forum
- North West Ward Candidate List
- North West Ward Climate and Sustainability Election Forum
- Responses to Climate and Sustainability Candidate Survey
September 15, 2020 at 2:28 am morelandclimategroup Leave a comment
Moreland Council 2020 election – candidate forums and climate info
Moreland Council election
Moreland Council, along with many other municipal and shire councils in Victoria, will go to the polls on 24 October 2020. Nominations close at 12 noon, 32 days before the election day on 22 September. (See Knowyour Council guide to Elections)
Enrolment closed at 4 pm on Friday 28 August 2020. You can check your enrolment at the Victorian Electoral Commission and update details.
Postal voting starts 6 October, 2020. The election will be by postal ballot. Please use the hastag #MorelandVotes on election social media.
Climate Action Moreland surveyed candidates, asking them to sign a climate emergency declaration, which is in keeping with the existing declaration by Council in 2018. Forums for candidates were run for each of the three Council Wards.
Responses will be published on posts for each ward that will contain the list of candidates, party affiliation or alignment (if any), public contact information (website, facebook, twitter if available), and their answers. We may also add extra information or links to 3rd party websites where we think it empowers voters on making an informed decision at the ballot box.
- South Ward Candidate List and responses – 3 councillors to be elected
- North East Ward Candidate List and responses – 4 councillors to be elected
- North West Ward Candidate List and responses – 4 councillors to be elected
July 26, 2020 at 1:37 am morelandclimategroup Leave a comment
Just Transition: An Idea Whose Time has Finally Come?
Following the recent federal election, which suggested that the electorate is becoming more polarised about coal, everybody seems to be talking about “just transition”. Colin Long, the Just Transition Officer at Trades Hall, told us he has been inundated with calls. The National Union of Workers kicked off with a statement. The ABC is talking about it. Environment Victoria has released a blogpost, and has made it a focus of their Beyond Coal campaign. And some in Labor are talking about a Green New Deal.
Photo by Marc Kjerland / Flickr
Climate Action Moreland has long argued for just transition to be a key demand of the climate movement. But we need to do more. We can start by fleshing out what this means and how we should incorporate it into our campaigns.
Will Bill Shorten step up ’emergency’ climate action or is it just more gas?
Mark Butler and Peter Khalil
Bob Hawke’s death on the eve of the climate election will likely boost Opposition Leader Bill Shorten and the Labor Party success. Labor must not squander the opportunity to address the climate crisis by taking climate emergency action or engage in expanding fossil fuel coal and gas extraction.
At Blacktown today, in the same hall that Gough Whitlam launched Labor’s 1972 campaign, Bill Shorten stated that a Labor government would “take this emergency seriously”. It needs to be not empty words. The time for developing new coal or gas is over. It’s time to Stop Adani. It’s time to go 100 percent renewables by 2030.
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VoteClimate in the Victorian Senate for 2019
The power in the Senate is likely to be held by crossbenchers. The order of your preferences could be important for determining who is elected. Make sure you preference based on climate policy from strong candidates to weak. Preference at least 6. Voteclimate recommends to mark at least 16 boxes above the line to minimise your preferences being exhausted.
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Media Release: Wills MP Peter Khalil reverses climate stance; now spruiks new fossil fuels
No new coal or GAS pipeline infrastructure
Media Release
Wills MP Peter Khalil reverses climate stance; now spruiks new fossil fuels
Representatives from a range of climate groups gathered outside the office of Wills Labor MP Peter Khalil on Friday May 3 to protest against Khalil’s support for new fossil fuel developments. The protest was part of the School Strike 4 #ClimateElection National Day of Action.
At the Wills Climate forum held on Monday April 29, Peter Khalil MP revealed that he supports new fossil fuel infrastructure, despite his earlier calls for strong immediate action to slash carbon emissions.
