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End of the year greetings

End of the year greetings

As 2020 drags to a close, we would like to thank everyone for their engagement with Quiet Australians Stand Up. Thanks for helping with leaflet drops, signing petitions, writing submissions and attending our silent vigils. There has been some slight forward movement with Scott Morrison at least announcing that we’ll drop the Kyoto carry-over credits. Much to do next year.. sounds like there might…

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1 week till next QASU vigil

1 week till next QASU vigil

Only 1 week until our next silent vigil.

Not surprisingly, PM Scott Morrison did not get one of the 70 speaking slots at this weekend’s UN Climate Summit.  The government can try to hoodwink the Australian public into believing it has a feasible climate policy, but the grown-ups have worked out that dropping the Kyoto carryover credits (i.e. not cheating) is NOT a climate policy.

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Quiet Australians Stand Up - Silent Vigil

Quiet Australians Stand Up – Silent Vigil

So far this week the following people and organisations have urged the Australian Government to commit to net-zero emissions by 2050:

Alok Sharma – Britain’s secretary of state and president of next year’s UN COP26 conference

Christina Figueres – former executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 

Warren Entsch  – Liberal MP for Leichardt, North Queensland,…

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Latest from Dave Sharma

Latest from Dave Sharma

In the AFR, our own Dave Sharma MP, “modern” liberal and self-professed climate action enthusiast has written an opinion piece in which he talks up the success of Australia’s climate action to date and the Technology Roadmap.

In line with LNP policy he says we will seek to reach net-zero emissions as soon as possible. No gaol, no plan.

So why not set a zero-emissions target of “NO LATER…

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NSW Government passes Energy Bill

NSW Government passes Energy Bill

It is pleasing to see that the NSW Government has passed The Energy Infrastructure Bill which will lead to huge emissions reductions by 2030. Well done Matt Kean!

Meanwhile, back in Federal Parliament, there is still no plan.

The Climate Bill provides a plan. If you have not already done so, please send in your submission before 5pm Friday and ask your local member to advocate for a…

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Samples of submissions to support Climate Bill

Samples of submissions to support Climate Bill

The opportunity to send submissions to the House Standing Committee to support the Climate Bill ends this Friday 27 November.

Here are 2 samples of submissions to give you some ideas. Just click on the links below. Your submission does not have to be long. The more individual submissions that are lodged, the better.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TohbHK_118kdagfSIbRJnW6C0m98YfI3/view?usp=…

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Write a submission to support The Climate Bill Last night we attended an on-line session to help with writing a submission to support the Climate Change Bill.

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Biden win heralds US net-zero by 2050 target Dave Sharma MP has previously said we need to hold off setting emissions targets so we can 'leverage' other countries to set targets.

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Quiet Australians Stand Up Vigil held 7 November Thank you all to Quiet Australians who showed up on Saturday morning at Dave Sharma MP…

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QASU Vigil 7 November

QASU Vigil 7 November

The NSW government announced last Thursday that it will allow “an outdoor protest or demonstration about a governmental or political matter to take place with up to 500 persons”.

So, it’s time for a QASU silent vigil outside Dave Sharma’s office. This will be held in a covid-safe way on Saturday 7 November 9-11 am. 

Zali Steggall, independent MP for Warringah, is introducing a revised…

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Gas-led recovery announced From what limited information the government has released, today's news appears to be the complete opposite of evidence-based climate action.

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Share the news and ask your local MP to support the new Climate Change Act This week Zali Steggall has re-launched the Climate Change Act, a bill that would help us achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 and manage the growing risks of climate change.

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Dave Sharma and gas Angus Taylor MP, the Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction this week spoke of plans to 'balance' the grid with gas, a highly potent fossil fuel, boasting that investment in gas will benefit every Australian. 

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Climate Change Act This week Zali Steggall has re-launched the Climate Change Act, a bill that would help us achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 and manage the growing risks of climate change.

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Dave Sharma please explain to your constituents how a ‘gas-lead recovery’ will result in lower emissions Peter Hartcher of The Sydney Morning Herald has written a scathing critique of climate inaction by the federal government.

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Dave Sharma community survey

Dave Sharma community survey

Dave Sharma has sent a community survey to parts of his electorate – not sure why not all of it – which presents a great opportunity to let him know your concerns include “tackling climate change”. Perhaps he will understand that many people in his electorate believe that the Covid recovery must take into account climate change and that the government needs to set proper targets (2030 target…

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Write a letter to your MP

Write a letter to your MP

We are on the verge of a disastrous expansion of Australia’s gas industry, will you take ten minutes to write to your local paper about the government’s planned fossil fuel stimulus package? It has come out via senate inquiry that the government is pushing ahead with a plan to invest heavily in Australia’s gas sector. No report or other rationale has been released, but we know the following: