Rise Up for Climate
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Rise Up For Climate
This past summer, our communities across the continent have faced devastating climate impacts – extreme heat, firestorms and floods, fuelled by climate-wrecking coal and gas.
Yet the Albanese Government is failing to stand up to big polluters like Woodside and stop handing over billions of dollars of public money to coal, oil and gas.
Now is the time for the climate movement to rise up and make our demands clear! No more coal and gas, stop handouts for big polluters, and ensure strong new nature laws that actually protect our wildlife from climate destruction.
Higgins Climate Action Network will be partnering with local representatives of the Australian Conservation Foundation, Move Beyond Coal, Australian Youth Climate Coalition, 350.org and GetUp! to convey a clear message to the Albanese Government: no more coal and gas.
Similar actions will be happening in electorates across Australia. Together we’re aiming to turn out enormous crowds of people speaking up for the climate – more than we’ve seen in years! With a federal election expected next year, and climate destruction getting worse, Rise Up is our moment to show the government just how powerful our combined movement for climate action is. So from Monday 29 April to Friday 10 May, communities across Australia are gathering for loud and inspiring events to show our people power.
So, join us at 11:00 am on Thursday 2nd May for our own local vigil outside Dr. Michelle Ananda-Rajah's new electoral office on the corner of Wattletree and Tooronga Roads, Malvern (tram route 5).
See you there!