Friday, June 12, 12:30pm – 1:30pm. Westpac Bank, 482 Sydney Road, Coburg
Join the protest to put pressure on all the banks to rule out funding the disastrous Adani coal mine, and tell the politicians to stop the Adani coal mine. Bring anti-Adani placards etc., and something to make a noise: drums, shakers, rattles, whistles, tamborines or whatever! Continue reading
[By Sean Brocklehurst] Moreland residents were outraged when they heard Moreland City Council had voted to cut $100,000 from its Carbon Management Plan in the council’s budget last month. This cut the budget for climate action from $525,000 to $424,000 and would have resulted in some of the council’s solar energy projects not going ahead. Continue reading
[By Sue Bolton] The big story from the July council meeting was the Labor councillors voting to strip $100,000 from Climate action in the proposed budget. This amendment was moved by Michael Teti and carried on the casting vote of the mayor. Continue reading
Divestment from fossil fuels
[By Sue Bolton] On June 11, the Moreland council became the first council in Australia to threaten divest from a bank if it continues to invest in fossil fuel projects. Moreland council has traditionally banked with the Commonwealth Bank. Since 2008, the Big Four banks (Commonwealth, ANZ, Westpac and NAB) have invested $18.8 billion in fossil fuel projects in Australia. The Commonwealth Bank provides more than $1 billion to projects that will ship coal and gas through the Great Barrier Reef. Continue reading
[By Sue Bolton] In the wake of Victoria’s scorching January heatwave and the more recent fire crisis, I successfully moved at the February 12 Moreland City Council meeting for the council to:
[By Dave Holmes] Victoria’s scorching January heatwave has focused a lot of attention on the problem of coping with the immediate fallout from climate change. According to the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine, in the period January 13-23 there were 139 deaths in excess of the expected average. There were reports of homeless people being forced away from airconditioned areas as they sought relief from the relentless heat. Continue reading
[By Chris Peterson] Australia’s four biggest banks — the Commonwealth Bank, ANZ, NAB and Westpac — dubbed the “banksters”, were condemned for crimes against people and the environment during a protest in Coburg’s Victoria St mall on June 29. Protesters marched to each bank, cordoned of the entrance to create a symbolic crime scene and read out a charge sheet. Continue reading