Melbourne has already shown this is all possible! 🌟 Since 2011, vegetation along the Merri Creek has grown from 28.9% to 50.7%! As planting continues, and trees mature, canopy along the creek is projected to reach 65.1% by 2035. The restored Moomba Park Wetland filters stormwater from roads and roofs before it reaches Merri Creek, removing pollutants and improving water quality. It creates habitat for threatened species like the Growling Grass Frog, and includes walking tracks, viewing platforms, and educational signage where people can learn about water cycles and local wildlife. The native plants and water features create a natural cooling effect, helping to reduce urban heat.   For tens of thousands of years, First Nations peoples have managed and cared for these lands as a living cultural landscape that provides food, medicine, and spiritual connection. Since colonisation began, 90% of Melbourne's wetlands have been destroyed. By restoring wetlands, we're not just bringing back ecosystems - we're healing the relationship between our city and Country, following the wisdom of First Nations land management that has sustained this place for millennia. More trees = better health and happiness Decades of research show that when we have enough trees around us, we experience less depression and anxiety. Our children have safe places to play. Friends and families can sit outside comfortably in the shade. We can have cooler, safer suburbs  As our climate changes, trees are our natural air conditioning. They can reduce summer temperatures by up to 8 degrees in the areas they shade. This isn't just about comfort – it's about safety. Trees protect people from heat-related illness and even death. Our communities will be stronger When we have beautiful, tree-lined streets and nearby parks, we spend more time outdoors. We bump into neighbours. Children play together. Communities come alive. The trees we plant today are the legacy we leave for our grandchildren.  Wildlife will thrive Thousands of native flying foxes died in Melbourne's January heatwaves. These sacred animals can't handle temperatures over 42°C - and our city keeps getting hotter. More trees will help cool our city down.  We have the knowledge. We have the expertise. We have the opportunity to show the world what a truly liveable, sustainable city looks like. Now let's make it happen. A city where every street has trees, every neighbourhood is cool and green, and every person can enjoy the benefits of nature, no matter where they live. Sign to help make it happen! ✍️ And then find out how much tree canopy coverage your neighbourhood has here.

We all have special places we care for. For Larrakia people, we are especially connected to the places that hold our Creation Stories, where our Ancestors are buried, our places of Healing and Ceremony and the Sacred Lands we’ve cared for - for generations. People who created the colony of Australia stole, extracted resources, and built their wealth from these special places. As a result, Aboriginal people have been prevented from protecting and nurturing our ancestral lands, life-giving forests and sacred waterways. Today, many of these places are damaged - which impacts all of us. Lee Point in Darwin is one of these special places. Lee Point is a sacred area of Larrakia Dreaming, Ceremony and history that is currently under threat of being destroyed by Defence Housing Australia to build 800 houses for the military and First National Real Estate O'Donoghue's profits. With trees older than the colony of Australia, Lee Point is a beautiful coastal bushland teeming with life, song and Spirit. For millennia, Larrakia people have cared for the lands surrounding Lee Point. Generations of Larrakia families have brought our children to Lee Point to hunt, fish and be with family, to learn who they are and how to care for Country. Today, Larrakia people are working to protect Lee Point after people in government gave Defence Housing Australia permission to demolish our sacred lands and stop us from passing our culture onto the next generations. Our goals are to protect Larrakia Country and culture, stop Defence Housing Australia from desecrating our sacred lands at Lee Point and ensure the NT and Federal governments return Larrakia lands to Larrakia people. For Larrakia people to look after these places based on thousands of years of knowledge, we need Country returned to our care. When this happens our people, Larrakia people, can again fully enact our responsibility and guardianship of the lands we all care about.

Darwin knows what care looks like.  We know how to feed families and whole communities with a line and a hook. We know how to stand together and make sure no one is left behind.  That spirit is under threat. Greedy fossil fuel corporations want to dredge our harbour, pollute our seas, and poison our water — all to make a quick buck. The proposed expansion of the Middle Arm gas hub risks destroying the very things that make Darwin home.  It doesn’t have to be this way. The Federal Labor Government has a responsibility to the people of Darwin and to Larrakia Country. Instead of throwing $1.9 billion of public money into a polluting gas hub, the government must fund what truly sustains us — a safe climate and thriving communities. That money could protect what we love: clean seas, a living harbour, restored creeks, cooling forests, and families with secure futures. Darwin life is unique, vibrant, and abundant. We know how to make a lot with a little. We know how to care for each other and for Country. Tell the Federal Labor Government to throw a line to our future — protect Darwin Harbour from pollution and greed, and invest in a First Nations‑led future that cares for people and Country.