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Australian Local Government community Emissions profiles launched
Moreland community emissions profile 2018/2019
While Australia is dealing with a continuing pandemic with record new cases in Victoria, a zoom conference held by the Climate Action Network Australia launched a new website tool documenting the community emissions profile in each Local Government Area across Australia, including Moreland.
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North-east Ward – Moreland Council 2020 election candidate responses on climate
For North-east ward 4 Councillors are to be elected, from xx candidates. See VEC Moreland City Council 2020 Nominations (link). The following is the list of candidates that have so far declared. We will link all candidate responses to us and indicate if candidates are aligned with any political party. (See Moreland Council 2020 Election Index)
The election will be by postal ballot postmarked by Saturday 24 October.
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July 26, 2020 at 2:42 am morelandclimategroup Leave a comment
South Ward – Moreland Council 2020 election candidate responses on climate
For south ward 3 Councillors are to be elected, from xx candidates. See VEC Moreland City Council 2020 Nominations (link). The following is the list of candidates that have so far declared. We will link all candidate responses to us and indicate if candidates are aligned with any political party. (See Moreland Council 2020 Election Index)
The election will be by postal ballot postmarked by Saturday 24 October.
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July 26, 2020 at 2:33 am morelandclimategroup Leave a comment
North-west ward – Moreland Council 2020 election candidate responses on climate
For North-west ward 4 Councillors are to be elected, from xx candidates. See VEC Moreland City Council 2020 Nominations (link). The following is the list of candidates that have so far declared. We will link all candidate responses to us and indicate if candidates are aligned with any political party. (See Moreland Council 2020 Election Index)
The election will be by postal ballot postmarked by Saturday 24 October.
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July 26, 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. (See Knowyour Council guide to Elections)
Enrolment closes 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 will be surveying candidates, asking them to sign a climate emergency declaration, which is in keeping with the existing declaration by Council in 2018. Hopefully forums for candidates will be 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
Submission: Moreland Nature Plan needs to recognise existential threat to biodiversity
Kangaroos in Northern Memorial Park
Moreland Council has had a commitment to developing a biodiversity Strategy since at least 2004, but this strategy has been consistently overlooked. We have a Climate Emergency. But we also have an ecological and biodiversity emergency. Both crises are related and need to be addressed together.
Moreland acknowledged we have a climate emergency. Now we need the proposed Nature Plan, which we have waited 16 years for, to reflect the global science on the existential threats to ecosystems and biodiversity. This is important even in highly built up areas such as Moreland, which still harbours over 900 sepecies, at least 36 of them being threatened species.
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Moreland Council adopts coal filter as part of social sustainability criteria in procurement policy
Moreland Council adopts filter for new coal as part of Procurement Policy
Success tonight on StopAdani. Moreland Council, in its annual review of Council Procurement Policy, passed an amendment to the Council Officer resolution as a part of the social sustainability criteria.
The amendment put forward by Cr Sue Bolton adds:
“Excluding from future contracts, tenders or business dealings any companies involved in developing new coal mines.”
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Moreland plans well on track to meet Net Zero by 2050 climate target
Impact on 2020 greenhouse emissions reduction goal as part of Moreland’s Corporate Carbon Reduction Plan . Source: Moreland Council
A report by Climate Works assessing 57 of the largest municipalities and shires in Australia has highlighted that Moreland is one of three local Governments in Australia fully aligned with emissions reduction of Net Zero by 2050 climate target.
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Moreland Council: Walk the talk on Adani and Council procurement policy
Climate Action Moreland have teamed up with Stop Adani Moreland for a campaign for Moreland City Councillors to revisit the decision of October 2019 on putting in place an amendment to Council procurement policy and companies that sign contracts to build the Adani coal mine in Central Queensland.
Moreland Council passed a general resolution opposing the Adani mine in 2017. Council also declared a climate emergency in 2018. Council need to ensure proper governance and include the implementation of these decisions in Council procurement policy. Please sign the online petition or the paper version being circulated.
Council has made the motherhood statements, they now need to carry through on governance to include action as part Council day to day operations with regard to procurement.
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Moreland Council capital expenditure on climate projects and the Neighbourwoods Program
Solar PV installed on Fawkner Library
Perusing the Governance report in the Council agenda for the October 2019 Council meeting there was an item for capital works climate change expenditure of $990,000 but no detail what this expenditure was actually for.
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