While we watch our beautiful country and wildlife go up in flames, I am dismayed at the government pushing on with gas mining, oil in the Bight and coal mines, all of which add to our demise. I watch as the government reluctantly admits that climate change is real but continue on the path of destruction. I watch as the government burn up money as band aid solutions when, Mr Morrison, you could have listened to the ex fire chiefs and done what was required. The government continues on the fossil fuels and giving tax payers money to the big coal, gas and oil companies while they put our country in danger.

What will happen next year, the year after and into the future? There will not be enough money to “fix” things.

I watch in horror.

I watch greed.

I watch destruction.

I watch our fire people pushed to the limits.

I watch people die.

I watch our animals burn and it breaks my heart.

Fracking should be banned because of human rights violations. If you agree please consider writing to your state and federal members and show the people of the bush we stand with them.


Here is what I wrote to my local members


Protesting and Royal commissions spend a lot time and effort to make recommendations.


What we need now is real action with our taxpayer dollars, consumer and gifted dollars.


We must rebuild communities to be more resilient and self sufficient. It would not happen all at once, it would be a managed transition. We would start reconstruction of the communities impacted by disasters.


What we need is for all governments to abolish existing water contracts, coal, fracking ,gas and oil licences. Then send experts to oversee existing operations to make sure that all the operations are working as efficiently as possible working to ensure no environmental impacts. The income from the existing operations should be put into winding down operations and rehabilitating the land and water in all abandoned mines and operations.


All resources of governments (especially defence force personel), insurers and charities, should work together to fund experts to rebuild communities that are fire proof (eg earth ships), zero waste, produce their own energy (biodigestors, solar, hydro, wind etc), water and food, through solar powered,vertical, aquaponic, hydroponic, superfood gardens incorporated in the buildings which should be built if fire retardant materials such as hempcrete @Mirreco ).


The best method of carbon sequestration is to plant a tree, so for every tree cut down 100 should be planted by rangers funded by the logging company. Native Park Rangers should also oversee any removal of trees in nature reserves to ensure minimum impact on the forest and best removal to reduce forest fire risk.


This is our greatest hope for the future and better reconstruction of communities and make the world a better place to love.

Robyn Donald

$1 per Tonne is a nominal amount. Its impact should be regularly evaluated. An increase to $2 and higher may be beneficial in the future if the proposed increase does not achieve the funds necessary to pay for the impacts of climate change.

Judith Croft

Georgia Simone Everett

ANNA SNOWSILL