29 March 7pm AEDT online forum & Campaign against fracking in the Beetaloo, NT
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Sabine Kacha
Mar 20, 2022, 7:10:13 AM3/20/22
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Dear All,
Please join STICS free online forum on 29 March 22 at 7pm AEDT to
mark the International Day for the Elimination of Racial
Discrimination.
Climate activist Ms Rikki Dank, Traditional Owner from Gudanji and Wakaya Nations, was one of only four First Nations delegates at the last COP26 climate summit. She will be one of our speakers and will address the threats of fracking in the NT. For more info, please see
And below is more info asking for an email to be sent to Josh
Frydenberg about no public money to be spent for gas in the federal
budget. Traditional Owners are opposed to fracking.
“With pressure from all sides and an election looming, more public
money to destroy land, water, country, and climate is a big risk.”
Also see, https://www.ecnt.org.au/mining for more info
best regards,
Sabine
----- Forwarded message -----
From: Georgina Gartland
Friends
Please consider acting
Many Thanks
Georgina
Hi Georgina,
Thank you for emailing Treasurer Frydenberg.
The heat is on the Morrison Government to drop its fossil fuel agenda. But we need to turn our outrage into voter power.
The more of us who email the Treasurer directly, the louder our collective voice can be in demanding no more public money for gas and fracking in the Federal Budget.
Hundreds of thousands of everyday people taking actions like the one you just took power the GetUp movement. Over the years, we've helped move the needle on progressive issues ranging from marriage equality to protecting the Great Barrier Reef — all because people like you worked together to achieve extraordinary results.
And with one million members and counting across the country, our movement is only getting stronger. But we still need all the help we can get.
There's people power in numbers. If thousands of people nationwide join you in taking action, it could go a long way towards helping us achieve our goal. Can you share this campaign with your friends and family on social media and ask them to take action too?
Or forward the email below to three friends and ask them to join you in taking action too!
In determination,
Larissa, for the whole GetUp team
PS — Treasurer Frydenberg has not made his Treasury office email public, so these emails are going to his MP office. Rest assured that your message will filter through to his Treasury office, and the noise created by you and hundreds of others will be heard.
On top of this, we will also be collating a document of the messages sent which we will then submit through Minister Frydenberg's Treasury contact form on his website. This means he won't be able to escape the pressure GetUp members like yourself are applying.
—
{NAME|Friend},
In just the last month, Morrison's steamrolled Traditional Owner consent and pledged $26 million to frackers.2,3 He'll try to slip more cash in the upcoming budget if he can get away with it.
But if ever there's a chance to force the Morrison Government to walk-back its gas obsession, it's now. Climate-disaster floods have ravaged towns and government approval ratings have tanked.4,5
And next week, the media will be at the inquiry into fracking, broadcasting Traditional Owners' staunch opposition to the destruction of land, water, climate, and culture across the country
With scrutiny on Morrison's fracking agenda closing in, more money for gas will be a political risk. Pre-election budgets are designed to be popular, above all.
It gives us an opportunity to force the government's hand — but we'll need to pull out all the stops. So let's turn anger into direct electoral power by flooding Treasurer Frydenberg's inbox with thousands of emails from voters and showing him that money for fracking projects is an election disaster.
{NAME|Friend}, unite with Traditional Owners and tell Frydenberg: no money for gas and fracking in the Federal Budget!
Sending an email is quick and easy — we'll give you tips on what to say!
From the Beetaloo to the Great Artesian Basin, Traditional Owners have been leading the fight against Morrison's fracking frenzy.
Last year, Traditional Owners descended on Canberra, demanding the Senate launch a full scale inquiry into public money for fracking and they won.6
Now, the final hearing of that inquiry is in just a few days — and thanks to thousands of GetUp members chipping in, Traditional Owners will be there in person, voicing their opposition to fracking directly to politicians.
With the media spotlight on the inquiry next week and a climate disaster unfolding — the Morrison Government will be feeling the heat on fracking.
So let's strike while the iron is hot. Tell Frydenberg: he doesn't have consent from Traditional Owners to frack their land, our climate can't afford more polluting gas, and public money should be for public good.
Unite with Traditional Owners and tell Frydenberg: no public money for gas!
Top of Morrison's gas project wishlist is the Northern Territory's Beetaloo Basin — which falls in the marginal battleground seat of Lingiari. Both Morrison and Albanese have their sights set on the seat, and have been on the ground in Lingiari competing for votes.7
{NAME|Friend}, Lingiari is one of a handful of key seats GetUp will be campaigning in this election — and you can bet we'll be on the ground telling voters all about Morrison's fracking agenda, dialling up yet more voter pressure.
With an election approaching, the balance of power is shifting our way. So let's use our voter power and back in Traditional Owners in their decades-long fight to stop fracking. Send an email!
In solidarity,
Larissa, Amy, Anyupa, Edie, Jordan, Tamika, Ethan, Jasmyn, and Samala for the GetUp team.
PS — Conservative commentators are trying to use the war in Ukraine, and consequential fuel price hikes, to justify trampling on Traditional Owner's lands and digging up more coal and gas.8 But we know clean, renewable energy can and should be our way forward. Let's make sure Treasurer Frydenberg knows where voters stand.
PPS — True to form, the Morrison Government may try to greenwash their support of dirty gas in the budget. This could look like pledging money to hydrogen, made with polluting, fossil gas. Fossil hydrogen is a climate disaster and will increase demand to open up new fracking fields on First Nations land. I thought you'd like to know this, {NAME|Friend}.
All First Nations work at GetUp is led by a team of campaigners and organisers from the Widjabul Wia-bul, Gooreng Gooreng, Warlpiri, Luritja-Pitjantjatjara, Wiradjuri, Noongar, Wakka Wakka, Gubbi Gubbi, Warumungu, Muluridji, Lardil, Woppaburra, and Butchulla Nations.
References:
[1] Budget to include $130m for environmental approval zones, Australian Financial Review, 14 March 2022
[2] $7.5m grant to support gas exploration in Beetaloo Sub-Basin, Keith Pitt, Minister for Resources and Water, 7 March 2022.
[3] Coalition announces new $19m Beetaloo Basin gas support after previous grants ruled invalid, The Guardian, 22 February 2022.
[4] Albanese level with Morrison as better PM in Newspoll as Labor maintains big lead, The Conversation, 14 March 2022.
[5] NSW, Queensland floods on track to be among country's worst-ever natural disasters, Climate Council says, ABC News, 10 March 2022.
[6] 'The fight is on': Senate to probe Beetaloo Basin fracking, NITV, 24 June 2021.
[7] Why the NT is looming as an election battleground, 9News, 20 February 2022.
[8] Ben Fordham Live – Monday, 14th March, 2GB, 14 March 2022.
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Larissa — GetUp! <in...@getup.org.au>
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2022 at 14:10
Subject: Thanks for emailing!
To: <gega...@gmail.com>
From: Larissa — GetUp! <in...@getup.org.au>
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2022 at 14:10
Subject: Thanks for emailing!
To: <gega...@gmail.com>
Hi Georgina,
Thank you for emailing Treasurer Frydenberg.
The heat is on the Morrison Government to drop its fossil fuel agenda. But we need to turn our outrage into voter power.
The more of us who email the Treasurer directly, the louder our collective voice can be in demanding no more public money for gas and fracking in the Federal Budget.
Hundreds of thousands of everyday people taking actions like the one you just took power the GetUp movement. Over the years, we've helped move the needle on progressive issues ranging from marriage equality to protecting the Great Barrier Reef — all because people like you worked together to achieve extraordinary results.
And with one million members and counting across the country, our movement is only getting stronger. But we still need all the help we can get.
There's people power in numbers. If thousands of people nationwide join you in taking action, it could go a long way towards helping us achieve our goal. Can you share this campaign with your friends and family on social media and ask them to take action too?
| Share on Facebook! ❯ |
| Share on Twitter! ❯ |
Or forward the email below to three friends and ask them to join you in taking action too!
In determination,
Larissa, for the whole GetUp team
PS — Treasurer Frydenberg has not made his Treasury office email public, so these emails are going to his MP office. Rest assured that your message will filter through to his Treasury office, and the noise created by you and hundreds of others will be heard.
On top of this, we will also be collating a document of the messages sent which we will then submit through Minister Frydenberg's Treasury contact form on his website. This means he won't be able to escape the pressure GetUp members like yourself are applying.
—
| The Federal Budget is two weeks away — and we know more cash for gas and fracking is on the cards.1 But from Traditional Owner opposition to flood anger, the Morrison Government is under unprecedented scrutiny for its gas agenda. Let's turn anger into voter power. Send an email to Treasurer Frydenberg: no public money for gas in the Budget! |
{NAME|Friend},
In just the last month, Morrison's steamrolled Traditional Owner consent and pledged $26 million to frackers.2,3 He'll try to slip more cash in the upcoming budget if he can get away with it.
But if ever there's a chance to force the Morrison Government to walk-back its gas obsession, it's now. Climate-disaster floods have ravaged towns and government approval ratings have tanked.4,5
And next week, the media will be at the inquiry into fracking, broadcasting Traditional Owners' staunch opposition to the destruction of land, water, climate, and culture across the country
With scrutiny on Morrison's fracking agenda closing in, more money for gas will be a political risk. Pre-election budgets are designed to be popular, above all.
It gives us an opportunity to force the government's hand — but we'll need to pull out all the stops. So let's turn anger into direct electoral power by flooding Treasurer Frydenberg's inbox with thousands of emails from voters and showing him that money for fracking projects is an election disaster.
{NAME|Friend}, unite with Traditional Owners and tell Frydenberg: no money for gas and fracking in the Federal Budget!
| Email the Treasurer ❯ |
From the Beetaloo to the Great Artesian Basin, Traditional Owners have been leading the fight against Morrison's fracking frenzy.
Last year, Traditional Owners descended on Canberra, demanding the Senate launch a full scale inquiry into public money for fracking and they won.6
Now, the final hearing of that inquiry is in just a few days — and thanks to thousands of GetUp members chipping in, Traditional Owners will be there in person, voicing their opposition to fracking directly to politicians.
With the media spotlight on the inquiry next week and a climate disaster unfolding — the Morrison Government will be feeling the heat on fracking.
So let's strike while the iron is hot. Tell Frydenberg: he doesn't have consent from Traditional Owners to frack their land, our climate can't afford more polluting gas, and public money should be for public good.
Unite with Traditional Owners and tell Frydenberg: no public money for gas!
Top of Morrison's gas project wishlist is the Northern Territory's Beetaloo Basin — which falls in the marginal battleground seat of Lingiari. Both Morrison and Albanese have their sights set on the seat, and have been on the ground in Lingiari competing for votes.7
{NAME|Friend}, Lingiari is one of a handful of key seats GetUp will be campaigning in this election — and you can bet we'll be on the ground telling voters all about Morrison's fracking agenda, dialling up yet more voter pressure.
With an election approaching, the balance of power is shifting our way. So let's use our voter power and back in Traditional Owners in their decades-long fight to stop fracking. Send an email!
In solidarity,
Larissa, Amy, Anyupa, Edie, Jordan, Tamika, Ethan, Jasmyn, and Samala for the GetUp team.
PS — Conservative commentators are trying to use the war in Ukraine, and consequential fuel price hikes, to justify trampling on Traditional Owner's lands and digging up more coal and gas.8 But we know clean, renewable energy can and should be our way forward. Let's make sure Treasurer Frydenberg knows where voters stand.
PPS — True to form, the Morrison Government may try to greenwash their support of dirty gas in the budget. This could look like pledging money to hydrogen, made with polluting, fossil gas. Fossil hydrogen is a climate disaster and will increase demand to open up new fracking fields on First Nations land. I thought you'd like to know this, {NAME|Friend}.
All First Nations work at GetUp is led by a team of campaigners and organisers from the Widjabul Wia-bul, Gooreng Gooreng, Warlpiri, Luritja-Pitjantjatjara, Wiradjuri, Noongar, Wakka Wakka, Gubbi Gubbi, Warumungu, Muluridji, Lardil, Woppaburra, and Butchulla Nations.
References:
[1] Budget to include $130m for environmental approval zones, Australian Financial Review, 14 March 2022
[2] $7.5m grant to support gas exploration in Beetaloo Sub-Basin, Keith Pitt, Minister for Resources and Water, 7 March 2022.
[3] Coalition announces new $19m Beetaloo Basin gas support after previous grants ruled invalid, The Guardian, 22 February 2022.
[4] Albanese level with Morrison as better PM in Newspoll as Labor maintains big lead, The Conversation, 14 March 2022.
[5] NSW, Queensland floods on track to be among country's worst-ever natural disasters, Climate Council says, ABC News, 10 March 2022.
[6] 'The fight is on': Senate to probe Beetaloo Basin fracking, NITV, 24 June 2021.
[7] Why the NT is looming as an election battleground, 9News, 20 February 2022.
[8] Ben Fordham Live – Monday, 14th March, 2GB, 14 March 2022.
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