The “Polluter Pays” principle is simple – if you make a mess, you should clean it up.  Communities like ours are already paying the price of climate change through higher insurance premiums and increasing disaster recovery bills.   Our community is already experiencing the impacts of climate pollution – from bushfires to heatwaves, damaging rain, storm and flood events.  Local councils are on the frontline, responsible for roads, drainage, community facilities and emergency response – but right now the costs of disasters are rising faster than council revenue.  Hornsby Shire Council (and we, the rate-payers) have already had to pay unexpected millions of dollars for Flood recovery (Wisemans Ferry) and Storm cleanups, and we remain very vulnerable to bushfire risks of massive losses.   Meanwhile, big coal, oil and gas corporations are making billions exporting Australia’s resources, often while paying no tax and pocketing huge government subsidies.  A Climate Compensation Fund could help pay for:  🚨Disaster response and preparedness,   🚒 Well-resourced emergency services    😌 Insurance relief for disaster-hit communities  🏠 Flood-proofed homes  🏛️ Upgraded community halls and evacuation centres  🌳 Shaded streets and cool public spaces  ✨ An Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Climate Self Determination Fund  👷 Support for a just transition for workers and their families    ➕ And much more, as Council decides …   Many other Local Councils, and the Australian Local Government Association, have already passed such a motion.  Let’s show Hornsby’s support. To sign this petition, please supply: full name, street address, and signature or email. (Hornsby requirements).    (#) Privacy Disclosure Note (Hornsby Shire Council): By signing this petition, you acknowledge that your personal information (including your name and address) is being collected for the sole purpose of lodging this petition with Hornsby Shire Council. In accordance with Council policy and the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 (GIPA), any submission made to Council may be made available to third parties, reproduced in whole or in part.  And please advise if you would like the Climate Compensation Campaign to contact you.

The “Polluter Pays” principle is simple – if you make a mess, you should clean it up.  Communities like ours are already paying the price of climate change through higher insurance premiums and increasing disaster recovery bills.  Meanwhile, big coal, oil and gas corporations are making billions exporting Australia’s resources, often while paying no tax and pocketing huge government subsidies. Our community is already experiencing the impacts of climate pollution – from devastating cyclones and floods to worsening bushfires and heatwaves.  Local councils are on the front line, responsible for roads, drainage, community facilities and emergency response – but right now the costs of disasters are rising faster than council revenue.  A Climate Compensation Fund could help pay for: • Disaster response and preparedness • Insurance relief for disaster-hit communities • Flood-proofing homes • Upgraded community halls and evacuation centres • Shaded streets and cool public spaces • Well-resourced emergency services • Support for a just transition for workers and their families And much more… Delivery plans This petition will be delivered to Mareeba Shire who will be encouraged to table it as part of a successful Polluter Pays motion.

The “Polluter Pays” principle is simple – if you make a mess, you should clean it up.  Communities like ours are already paying the price of climate change through higher insurance premiums and increasing disaster recovery bills. Meanwhile, big coal, oil and gas corporations are making billions exporting Australia’s resources, often while paying no tax and pocketing huge government subsidies. Our community is already experiencing the impacts of climate pollution – from floods and bushfires to heatwaves and coastal erosion. Local councils are on the frontline, responsible for roads, drainage, community facilities and emergency response – but right now the costs of disasters are rising faster than council revenue.  A Climate Compensation Fund could help pay for: 🚨Disaster response and preparedness  😌 Insurance relief for disaster-hit communities 🏠 Flood-proofed homes 🏛️ Upgraded community halls and evacuation centres 🌳 Shaded streets and cool public spaces 🚒 Well-resourced emergency services ✨ An Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Climate Self Determination Fund 👷 Support for a just transition for workers and their families ➕ And much more… Delivery plans This petition will be delivered to City of Port Phillip who will be encouraged to table it as part of a successful Polluter Pays motion.

The “Polluter Pays” principle is simple – if you make a mess, you should clean it up.  Communities like ours are already paying the price of climate change through higher insurance premiums and increasing disaster recovery bills. Meanwhile, big coal, oil and gas corporations are making billions exporting Australia’s resources, often while paying no tax and pocketing huge government subsidies. Our community is already experiencing the impacts of climate pollution – from floods and bushfires to heatwaves and coastal erosion. Local councils are on the frontline, responsible for roads, drainage, community facilities and emergency response – but right now the costs of disasters are rising faster than council revenue.  A Climate Compensation Fund could help pay for: 🚨Disaster response and preparedness  😌 Insurance relief for disaster-hit communities 🏠 Flood-proofed homes 🏛️ Upgraded community halls and evacuation centres 🌳 Shaded streets and cool public spaces 🚒 Well-resourced emergency services ✨ An Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Climate Self Determination Fund 👷 Support for a just transition for workers and their families ➕ And much more… Delivery plans This petition will be delivered to City of Boroondara who will be encouraged to table it as part of a successful Polluter Pays motion.

The “Polluter Pays” principle is simple – if you make a mess, you should clean it up.  Communities like ours are already paying the price of climate change through higher insurance premiums and increasing disaster recovery bills. Meanwhile, big coal, oil and gas corporations are making billions exporting Australia’s resources, often while paying no tax and pocketing huge government subsidies. Our community is already experiencing the impacts of climate pollution – from floods and bushfires to heatwaves and coastal erosion. Local councils are on the frontline, responsible for roads, drainage, community facilities and emergency response – but right now the costs of disasters are rising faster than council revenue.  A Climate Compensation Fund could help pay for: 🚨Disaster response and preparedness  😌 Insurance relief for disaster-hit communities 🏠 Flood-proofed homes 🏛️ Upgraded community halls and evacuation centres 🌳 Shaded streets and cool public spaces 🚒 Well-resourced emergency services ✨ An Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Climate Self Determination Fund 👷 Support for a just transition for workers and their families ➕ And much more… Delivery plans This petition will be delivered to Manningham Council who will be encouraged to table it as part of a successful Polluter Pays motion.

The “Polluter Pays” principle is simple – if you make a mess, you should clean it up.  Communities like ours are already paying the price of climate change through higher insurance premiums and increasing disaster recovery bills. Meanwhile, big coal, oil and gas corporations are making billions exporting Australia’s resources, often while paying no tax and pocketing huge government subsidies. Our community is already experiencing the impacts of climate pollution – from floods and bushfires to droughts and heatwaves. Local councils are on the frontline, responsible for roads, drainage, community facilities and emergency response – but right now the costs of disasters are rising faster than council revenue.  A Climate Compensation Fund could help pay for: 🚨Disaster response and preparedness  😌 Insurance relief for disaster-hit communities 🏠 Flood-proofed homes 🏜️ Drought prevention and mitigation 🏛️ Upgraded community halls and evacuation centres 🌳 Shaded streets and cool public spaces 🚒 Well-resourced emergency services ✨ An Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Climate Self Determination Fund 👷 Support for a just transition for workers and their families ➕ And much more… Delivery plans This petition will be delivered to Bathurst Regional Council who will be encouraged to table it as part of a successful Polluter Pays motion.

Beetaloo Energy are proposing a massive $40bn data centre on the border of Larrakia and Kungarakan Country.  The NT government has promised 185 hectares of stolen land for a gas-fired power station and data centre that locks Darwin into decades of pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, and environmental damage.  If this data centre goes ahead, it will consume more than six times the current peak electricity demand of Darwin and Katherine, draining resources from local communities while lining the pockets of fossil fuel and Big Tech corporations.  We refuse to accept a future where Country and cultural heritage is paved over for Big Tech and gas. We demand the protection and return of sacred Larrakia and Kungarakan lands to Larrakia and Kungarakan people.  Stop the Weddell data centre. Protect Larrakia and Kungarakan lands and waters. 

The “Polluter Pays” principle is simple. If you make a mess, you should clean it up.  Communities like Bayside are already paying the price of climate change through higher insurance premiums and increasing disaster recovery bills. Meanwhile, big coal, oil and gas corporations are making billions exporting Australia’s resources, often while paying no tax and pocketing huge government subsidies. Our community is already experiencing the impacts of climate pollution – from floods, to heatwaves, and coastal erosion. Local councils are on the frontline, responsible for roads, drainage, community facilities and emergency response – but right now the costs of disasters are rising faster than council revenue.  A Climate Compensation Fund could help pay for: 🚨Disaster response and preparedness  😌 Insurance relief for disaster-hit communities 🏠 Flood-proofed homes 🏛️ Upgraded community halls and evacuation centres 🌳 Shaded streets and cool public spaces 🚒 Well-resourced emergency services ✨ An Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Climate Self-Determination Fund 👷 Support for a just transition for workers and their families ➕ And much more… Delivery plans This petition will be delivered to Bayside Council and local federal MPs

TRANSITION VICTORIA TO CLEAN ENERGY & TRANSPORT 🚲 Keep Victoria on track to reach 95% renewable energy by 2035 🚲 Stop approving gas projects in Victoria 🚲 Help communities set up their own renewable energy projects and create more clean energy jobs 🚲 Say no to nuclear power 🚲 Fix public transport and build more bike paths 🚲 Require all local councils to cut carbon emissions 🚲 Make public transport free or low-cost forever ENSURE CHEAP ENERGY FOR EVERYONE ⚡Expand solar power programs for renters and low-income households ⚡Make rental homes more energy efficient to lower bills ⚡Support the switch to all-electric homes and apartment buildings  ⚡Fund community groups to help people save energy and money ⚡Add solar panels and batteries to public schools and childcare centres PREPARE OUR COMMUNITIES FOR CLIMATE IMPACTS 🌏 Fund communities and self-determined First Nations initiatives to support people to prepare for fires, floods and heatwaves  🌏 Create an independent body to map climate risks and help communities plan 🌏 Help make homes more resilient against climate disasters  🌏 Plant more trees and restore wetlands to reduce heat and flooding 🌏 Support farming practices that store carbon and keep water in the soil 🌏 Require local councils to plan for climate impacts in their communities 🌏 Fix the emergency services levy so that it's paid for by the biggest polluters and wealthiest corporations, not farmers and workers PROTECT COUNTRY, NATURE & WILDLIFE 🌳 End native forest logging for good  🌳 Urgently address the invasive species crisis 🌳 Restore wetlands, forests and the health of rivers and lakes  🌳 Fund and support the 3:30:300 rule of 3 trees, 30% canopy and 300m to a green space for all households in urban areas  🌳 Protect threatened species and stop habitat destruction  🌳 Increase funding for wildlife rescuers and carers 🌳 Entrench First Nations land rights and devolve funding to First Peoples to manage and look after Country 

The “Polluter Pays” principle is simple – if you make a mess, you should clean it up.  Communities like ours are already paying the price of climate change through higher insurance premiums and increasing disaster recovery bills. Meanwhile, big coal, oil and gas corporations are making billions exporting Australia’s resources, often while paying no tax and pocketing huge government subsidies. Our community is already experiencing the impacts of climate pollution – from floods and bushfires to heatwaves and coastal erosion. Local councils are on the frontline, responsible for roads, drainage, community facilities and emergency response – but right now the costs of disasters are rising faster than council revenue.  A Climate Compensation Fund could help pay for: 🚨Disaster response and preparedness  😌 Insurance relief for disaster-hit communities 🏠 Flood-proofed homes 🏛️ Upgraded community halls and evacuation centres 🌳 Shaded streets and cool public spaces 🚒 Well-resourced emergency services ✨ An Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Climate Self Determination Fund 👷 Support for a just transition for workers and their families ➕ And much more… Delivery plans This petition will be delivered to Surf Coast Shire who will be encouraged to table it as part of a successful Polluter Pays motion.

The “Polluter Pays” principle is simple – if you make a mess, you should clean it up.  Communities like ours are already paying the price of climate change through higher insurance premiums and increasing disaster recovery bills. Meanwhile, big coal, oil and gas corporations are making billions exporting Australia’s resources, often while paying no tax and pocketing huge government subsidies. Our community is already experiencing the impacts of climate pollution – from more intense and frequent floods, droughts and bushfires to heatwaves. Local councils are on the frontline, responsible for roads, drainage, community facilities and emergency response – but right now the costs of disasters are rising faster than council revenue.  A Climate Compensation Fund could help pay for: 🚨Disaster response and preparedness  😌 Insurance relief for disaster-hit communities 🏠 Flood-proofed homes 🏛️ Upgraded community halls and evacuation centres 🌳 Shaded streets and cool public spaces 🚒 Well-resourced emergency services ✨ An Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Climate Self Determination Fund 👷 Support for a just transition for workers and their families ➕ And much more… Delivery plans This petition will be delivered to Shire of Northern Grampians who will be encouraged to table it as part of a successful Polluter Pays motion.

Why is this important? The “Polluter Pays” principle is simple – if you make a mess, you should clean it up.  Communities like ours are already paying the price of climate change through higher insurance premiums and increasing disaster recovery bills. Meanwhile, big coal, oil and gas corporations are making billions exporting Australia’s resources, often while paying no tax and pocketing huge government subsidies. Our community is already experiencing the impacts of climate pollution – from floods and bushfires to heatwaves and coastal erosion. Local councils are on the frontline, responsible for roads, drainage, community facilities and emergency response – but right now the costs of disasters are rising faster than council revenue.  A Climate Compensation Fund could help pay for: 🚨Disaster response and preparedness  😌 Insurance relief for disaster-hit communities 🌳land care and catchment management to address runoff and coastal erosion  🏠 Flood-proofed homes 🏠 Air con in public housing, and help with electricity payments for low income households   🏛️ Upgraded community halls and evacuation centres 🌳 Shaded streets and cool public spaces 🚒 Well-resourced emergency services ✨ An Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Climate Self Determination Fund 👷 Support for a just transition for coal industry workers and their families ➕ And much more… Delivery plans This petition will be delivered to Shire of Livingstone who will be encouraged to table it as part of a successful Polluter Pays motion.