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Managing director of Ebono Institute and major sponsor of The Generator, Geoff Ebbs, is running against Kevin Rudd in the seat of Griffith at the next Federal election. By the expression on their faces in this candid shot it looks like a pretty dull campaign. Read on
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NAB has refused to fund Adani’s Carmichael coal mine! GET UP
6 of 70NAB – Not Adani’s Bank
Inboxx Sam R – GetUp!
11:12 AM (4 hours ago)to me“NAB is not involved and has no plans to be involved in any financing for the Carmichael coal mine.”1 – NABWow, NEVILLE,
NAB has refused to fund Adani’s Carmichael coal mine!
They’re now the second Australian bank to abandon the mining giant in the last month, and the 14th major bank to rule it out across the world.
The momentum against Adani’s monstrous coal project is undeniable. Tens of thousands of Australians have conviced their banks to do the right thing. It’s people power at its best, and banks are starting to realise they can’t get away with funding a project that will damage the Great Barrier Reef and cook the planet.
But there are two big Aussie banks who could still provide Adani with the funds they need to build the Carmichael mine — Westpac and ANZ.
If we can get Westpac and ANZ to do the right thing and abandon Adani then Carmichael could be finished forever. Putting visible pressure on Westpac and ANZ now is the best chance we have of forcing them to do the responsible thing and choose coral over coal.
Can you ask Westpac and ANZ not to fund Adani’s Carmichael mine?
Write on Westpac’s Facebook wall
Write on ANZ’s Facebook wallOr, if you’re not on social media:
Click here to email Westpac.
Click here to email ANZ.This is another huge win, but it’s vitally important that we keep the pressure up on the Australian banks who are yet to distance themselves from Adani.
Right now, we face a brand new dredging proposal for Abbot Point, and the Abbott Government looks likely to re-approve the Carmichael mine.
And it gets worse. Staggeringly, our coal-hearted Prime Minister could be getting ready to pledge millions of dollars of public money to prop up the unprofitable mine. Last week, Treasurer Joe Hockey confirmed he was in talks with Queensland Treasurer Curtis Pitt to discuss strategy for funding the mine.2
If the Abbott Government becomes the first player to invest, it makes it less risky for banks like Westpac and ANZ to follow suit, and could pave the way for Adani to proceed.
It would be a ludicrous investment for a Government to spend taxpayer money on a project that’s unviable, unpopular and environmentally disastrous. But as we’ve seen time and time again, this Abbott Government is willing to do anything to protect its friends in the coal lobby.
If we can get ANZ and Westpac to rule the project out, funding Carmichael will become almost impossible for Adani, even with a crazy Government handout.
Can you help snuff out Adani’s best hope of finding funding by contacting your bank now?
Write on Westpac’s Facebook wall
Write on ANZ’s Facebook wallThanks for all that you do,
Sam R and Adam, for the Getup Team
PS – Huge thanks to our brilliant friends at 350 Australia, AYCC, Greenpeace, and Market Forces for making this happen. And to the Wangan and Jagalingou Traditional Owners, who’ve now succesfully lobbied two banks to abandon Adani’s Carmichael mine.
PPS – More good news! Korean giant LG have declared they will not be buying Adani’s Galilee coal. Which means Adani have now lost half their existing customers.3
References
[1] National Australia Bank rules out funding Adani’s Carmichael coal mine, Sydney Morning Herald, 3 September 2015
[2] Abbott government hints Adani could be considered for rail funding, Sydney Morning Herald, 24 August 2015
[3] Adani loses LG as big customer for Carmichael mine, Sydney Morning Herald, 2 September 2015 -
State Government delays release of Central Coast growth plan amid heat from Labor MPs September 1, 2015 3:43pm
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State Government delays release of Central Coast growth plan amid heat from Labor MPs
September 1, 2015 3:43pm
Matt TaylorCentral Coast Gosford Express Advocate
Gosford Council says it is getting on with the job of planning for the future while it waits for the draft planning strategy.THE Baird Government says it will not be rushed into a long-term plan for the Central Coast after the delay of a much-anticipated blueprint.
Planning Minister Rob Stokes said the government would release the draft Central Coast Regional Growth and Infrastructure Plan for public comment by the end of 2015, more than a year after he launched it.
“The delivery of the plan is being co-ordinated with the release of other regional plans, rather than being put out in an ad hoc fashion,” the former Central Coast Minister said.
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Wyong MP David Harris.
Planning Minister Rob Stokes.Mr Stokes was responding to claims by the region’s Labor MPs on Monday that the government had no plans for the Coast.
“This was just a pre-election thought bubble,” Opposition Central Coast spokesman and Wyong state Labor MP David Harris said.
“We need a plan for the region so that our basic services and infrastructure are able to keep pace with population growth.
“This is why our councils have had to become entrepreneurial, because the State Government has left the field.”
According to government projections, the Coast will need more than 30,000 new jobs to be created and almost 37,000 more homes to be built to cope with an expected population growth of 64,250 — or 20 per cent — over the next 20 years. It is estimated that 26 per cent of the population will be aged over 65 in 2031.
Wyong Mayor Doug Eaton doubted the planning report would be “visionary”.
“We’ll use the figures for jobs and housing benchmarks, but I think it will fall short on specifics and how we should achieve certain bigger-ticket goals,” Cr Eaton said.
Meanwhile, Gosford Council says it is getting on with the job of planning for the future while it waits for the draft planning strategy.
“While the department has been developing this plan, we’ve also been working through our own planning processes to make sure any growth in Gosford City is properly managed and balanced for the benefit of our community,” Gosford Council chief executive Paul Anderson said.
Mr Harris said the region’s four state Labor MPs, including David Mehan (The Entrance), Kathy Smith (Gosford) and Yasmin Catley (Swansea), had already started their own community consultations.
“We held a health forum last week, which included doctors and nurses and looked at issues like palliative care, the role of GPs and how we can take pressure off our hospitals,” Mr Harris said.
“We have lost a Minister for the region, and unfortunately the Parliamentary Secretary (Scot MacDonald) doesn’t have a seat at the Cabinet table.”
Mr Harris called on the government to focus on youth unemployment, affordable housing and building a sustainable community.
Regional Development Australia Central Coast chief executive John Mouland said he was “looking forward” to seeing the planning report.
“We’re not sure why it’s been held up, but it’s critical to our future planning.”
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John
1 hour agoThis is what happens when you vote for a party that had no chance of winning the election. The Central Coast voted for Labor, so it’s no use whinging now when the Liberals won’t spend money on a Labor Area. Get used to it.
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4 hours agoblah blah blah seems like another reason why the central coast is going backwards.both gosford and wyong councils should be removed under a no confidence vote,be another 50 years before anything changes on the coast,be prepared to ship your kids of to sydney for work because there not going to be any work on the coast for a long time,i bet it takes up to 5 councillors to approve the building of a footpath and that would be a debate!sack the council!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Kev does telly, Julia turns around, and Paul tells Howard off LABOR HERALD
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Our livelihoods are at risk Derek & Kirrily – via 350.org Australia
1 of 61Our livelihoods are at risk
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to meThis email is being sent to you on behalf of Liverpool Plains farmers Derek & Kirrily, via 350.org Australia. Your details haven’t been shared with anyone.
Neville,
We’re Derek and Kirrily, farmers from the Liverpool Plains in NSW, and we’re writing to ask for your help.
Our land and livelihoods are under threat. Mining giant BHP Billiton plans to build a massive underground coal mine beneath our beautiful farm on the Liverpool Plains – some of the best food-producing land that Australia has to offer.
This mine puts the future of our food, our water and the future of our two beautiful sons at risk. Our community has tried every avenue with BHP but they won’t listen. They’re too concerned about their profits to consider the impacts that their plans will have upon people like us. BHP’s own modelling for this proposed mine shows that underground water resources will be negatively affected for hundreds of years, and this is just one of the lasting impacts.
Who they do listen to, however, is their investors. One of BHP’s largest investors is Australia’s Sovereign Wealth Fund – the Future Fund – which has almost $1 billion invested in BHP. When the Future Fund acts, BHP listens.
Tell the Future Fund to protect our future by divesting from fossil fuels.
But this email is not just about our fight and BHP – its about all the fossil fuel companies that The Future Fund invests in and all the communities who are trying to fight back… from Santos, who wants to frack the largest forested area remaining west of NSW’s Great Divide in the Pilliga; and Woodside who tried to build a massive gas hub on the doorstep of the world’s largest humpback whale nursery at James Price Point in WA. From repeat fracking spill offender Chesapeake Energy to Russian company Gazprom who owns the world’s first commercial oil drilling platform in the Arctic.
The Future Fund is financially backing companies whose activities guarantee us all a miserable future. Which is why we’re asking you to join us in calling on the Future Fund to divest from fossil fuels. Watch this video to learn more and then sign the petition here.
At $117bn, The Future Fund is massive – if it divested, the benefits for our land, water and climate would be huge – it would send a powerful signal to companies like BHP that there’s no future for them in fossil fuels. Not here on the Liverpool Plains, not anywhere.
And we know that the Future Fund can divest if it feels enough pressure to. Following a concerted community campaign in 2013, the Fund divested from tobacco. Earlier this year, Norway’s $900bn Sovereign Wealth Fund divested from coal. Norway’s Fund is seven times larger than the Future Fund. If enough of us speak out and make this an issue that they can’t ignore, we can shift this massive fund for good.
Click here to urge the Future Fund to live up to its motto by divesting from fossil fuels and investing in industries that actually do offer Australians a brighter and positive future.
That’s the Future Fund that we want to see for all Australians
With thanks,
Derek & Kirrily, farmers from the Liverpool Plains
350.org is building a global climate movement.You can connect with us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter, and become a Climate Defender and donate monthly to help 350.org keep Australia’s fossil fuels in the ground.
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You’ve probably heard about Tony Abbott’s plan to strip away the rights of communities to object to Federal approvals for coal and gas mining projects.
Dear Neville,
You’ve probably heard about Tony Abbott’s plan to strip away the rights of communities to object to Federal approvals for coal and gas mining projects.But you might not know that we’ve got a crucial opportunity right now to put paid to this diabolical plan by making submissions to the Senate Committee that is now reviewing it.
The Federal Government has already introduced a Bill in to Federal Parliament – the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Standing) Bill 2015 – to implement their plan. They are pushing it as hard and as fast as they can.
The Bill will drastically limit who can go to court to challenge environmental approvals given by the Federal Government.
It means that even if a damaging coal or gas mine has been approved erroneously or incorrectly, communities will be locked out of challenging it.
The Senate Committee is taking submissions on the Bill right now, until the 11th September.
Our only chance to stop the Bill now is to have it blocked in the Senate. And to do that, the Senate Committee needs to hear from as many people as possible.
Can you take 1 minute to send them a short email submission today?
We’ve drafted something up for you, all you need to do is make any changes you want to the email text, add your name at the bottom, and then send it directly to the Senate Committee.
And at the same time send a stern message to Tony Abbott that all Australians have a stake in protecting our national assets, like the Great Artesian Basin and Great Barrier Reef.
Thanks for standing with us,
Phil LairdPS – You can read the Bill here, and find more details about the Senate Inquiry here.
Lock the Gate Alliance
http://www.lockthegate.org.au/
