Imagine waking up to see three beautiful native trees from your window, proper tree canopy in every neighbourhood and a lovely green space just a short walk away where you can relax and connect with Country. This is the 3-30-300 vision - a simple, beautiful idea backed by science: • 3 trees: Every home sees three healthy, mature trees from its windows • 30% canopy: Every neighbourhood has enough tree cover to stay cool and green • 300 metres: Everyone can walk to a quality green space within just 300m We call on our leaders to: 1. Fund communities and councils to achieve the 3:30:300 baseline Scale up the Urban Forest Fund, provide more grants for native tree planting and training for people in urban forestry 2. Fund self-determined First Nations programs and return First Nations landsSupport First Nations people to restore and reforest their Country 3. Help suburbs most in need Provide extra funding for areas with the least canopy cover, ensuring every Melburnian benefits from our urban forest 4. Protect our existing trees Strengthen tree protection laws and require new developments to include proper tree cover 5. Restore and protect wetlands Invest in wetland restoration across Melbourne to enhance biodiversity, improve water quality, and create additional cool, green spaces for communities Why is this important?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.

Beetaloo Energy are proposing a massive $40bn data centre on Kungarakan Country near the border of Larrakia 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. 

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 

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.