"This is the most important vote that I will make in my lifetime."
The Climate Council is urging Australia’s political parties to get serious with their emissions targets.
In a recent report, the Climate Council have shown how Australia can reach net zero carbon by 2035.
Labor's plan however is to continue using climate-wrecking fossil fuels beyond 2050,
and to continue subsidising and supporting the industry with billions of taxpayer dollars.
We can - and must - do better than this! This is where the Community Independents come in.
PUT CLIMATE FIRST
STRONG POLICIES AND SOLUTIONS FOR CLIMATE
Today there are more than 100 community groups across Australia, typically named “Voices of” or “Voices for”, that are searching for or already have endorsed independent candidates to front their campaigns at the federal poll. As a result, voters will have a new political choice to break the deadlock. In Corangamite, we haven't found a candidate to support yet. We expect we will. Until then, we can support this fantastic movement financially with a donation.
HOW YOU
CAN HELP
Right now, the most powerful thing we can do is to raise more money to level the playing field for pro-climate, pro-integrity, and pro-gender equality candidates.
To do that, we go door-knocking in our community and talk climate with voters about the federal election, about how they can support the movement, who we recommend they vote for if they want to see stronger climate action in the next parliament, and how they can help our movement if they would like to.
Change is within reach 💥 ... It's time to press the reset button on Australia’s broken politics!
— Climate 200 (@climate200) February 16, 2022
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Our TEAM
Our group of volunteers is growing by the day. So many of us have had enough being by-standers while our elected representatives mock around with important issues such as the climate.
ACTION ALL OVER THE COUNTRY
"When enough people come together then change will come and we can achieve almost anything.
So instead of looking for hope - start creating it."
~ Greta Thunberg
"The success of Zali Steggall, and other independents have inspired a growing number of “climate independent” candidates seeking to unseat vulnerable Coalition parliamentarians at the next election, targeting the government’s failures to set meaningful climate change policies."
~ Michael Mazengarb, RenewEconomy
BACKGROUND
Simon Holmes á Court's Climate 200 is fighting for science-based climate policy by raising funds. At the last election, more than 11,000 donors raised over $13 million – which was allocated to suitable independent candidates in key seats. This movement has sparked a genuine political revolution in Australia.
STEPPING UP TOGETHER
GENUINE REPRESENTATION
Do you feel Libby Coker MP is representing your views in Parliament? Do you think it is okay she's voting for continuing burning fossil fuels and opening up new fossil projects?
In order to stop the escalating climate crisis, the flow of money to coal, oil, and gas companies must end. And the flow of money back from coal, oil and gas companies to political parties must end too.
The seven Community Independents' 2022-election victory has been a huge inspiration for other communities. More independent voices in Parliament will rewrite - if not revolutionise - the next decades for Australian politics.
In Geelong in 2019, we created the #PutClimateFirst alliance of Council candidates to advocate for stronger climate action in Geelong Council. As a result, Dr Belinda Moloney and Elise Wilkinson got elected as Councillors for putting climate first.
IN SEARCH OF A LOCAL CANDIDATE
Will we see a climate-concerned independent candidate run in the Corangamite electorate?
We believe so! And even if we don't, there is still a lot we can do to help change the outcome of this election. We will make the next federal election a climate election.
Voices of Corangamite was founded by a small group of climate-concerned citizens.
Among them Mik Aidt and Mike Lawrence, who started The Sustainable Hour podcast in 2013.
Fill the form below if you'd like to show your support with a testimonial on this website.
We are calling for all residents of the Corangamite electorate who believe there is an urgent need for
stronger, community-driven representation in Federal Parliament, to get on board and join the movement.
Why VOTE INDEPENDENT?
Australia's democracy is broken, and the two major parties have shown again and again over the last decade that they are not willing to fix it. No one is coming to fix it, unless we - the Australian people - do something about it.
Voting in more independent politicians who have integrity and who listen to their community is the only way it can be done. Independents like Zali Steggall and David Pocock have shown us the way forward.
Why is this important for the climate? In Greta Thunberg's words: "Democracy is everything. We can't save the living planet without it.”
"We are at a unique point in human history. Due to the scientific genius of men and women, we can either on the one hand improve the standard and quality of life of all mankind – or we can destroy the planet as we know it."
~ Bob Hawke, former Prime Minister
of Australia
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