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Keep yourself safe during today’s hazardous pollution day
Stay Safe Air pollution has reached hazardous levels across all areas of Sydney, Wollongong, the Central Coast, Newcastle and Singleton today. Dangerous fine particle pollution is off the charts. Sydney is currently among the most polluted cities in the world, ahead of Dhaka, Karachi, Yangon, Hanoi and Shanghai. Graph depicting air quality readings for Sydney,…
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Federal Parliament votes on climate emergency
Following a wave of climate action, a Federal climate emergency motion was tabled and voted on by the Greens on Tuesday 15th October. It was narrowly defeated, blocked by the coal-loving Coalition. That it is even being debated at the national level shows how far we’ve come. The defeat is not the end. Just three…
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“Equinor, you are not welcome in our whale country”: Bunna Lawrie, Mirning Elder
Oil company Equinor is pushing for approval to drill in the Great Australian Bight. We need as many people as possible to stand with me in this fight for our country. |||| My name is Bunna Lawrie – I’m a Mirning Elder, Whaledreamer, Medicine Man & Songman Musician, Singer Songwriter & Visual Artist. I was born…
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South Australia to vote on climate emergency
With the South Australian State Parliament set to vote today on whether to declare a climate emergency, there is a short window to call on Members to vote for climate action. Give one of the following South Australian Labor MPs a call (better) or an email and urge them to vote the climate emergency through.…
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Week of action calls Taylor out on climate inaction
Have you heard of Angus Taylor? If not, let us share a quick overview of his CV… |||| Australia’s Minister for Energy and Emissions Reductions has a track record that makes a mockery of his job title: On his watch, Australia’s greenhouse gas pollution levels have gone up as we slide ever further from our Paris targets. [1]…
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We were stranded for a week. Then something beautiful happened.
In 2015 I experienced extreme weather first-hand while living in Gillieston Heights, Maitland. With a two-month-old, and two other children, our suburb was turned into a virtual island following days of torrential rain. |||| *This is a guest blog by Port Stephens resident and Break Free group member Alisha Onslow* Our suburb was nicknamed “Gillo…
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This is the last thing I imagined myself doing
This is honestly the last thing I ever imagined myself doing. I’ve always taken politics seriously, I’ve always carefully considered my vote, but I have never been politically active. But things have never been this desperate. And there’s only one antidote to despair. Action. | The powerlessness of individuals against the insatiable beast of global…
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Amazon fires: a vicious and preventable cycle
The Amazon is burning as the world looks on in horror. But who and what is really to blame? ||| The world stopped this week to follow the news about the burning of the Amazon. Smoke traveled to the great cities of the Amazon, but also far away from it, in the state of Sao Paulo…
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Something stopped me in my tracks
This is a guest blog written by WA Break Free group member Madu Venkatesan At the end of last year something happened that stopped me in my tracks. The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report was released, and its message was stark: we had less than twelve years to drastically reduce our greenhouse…
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“I knew I wasn’t alone.” – Simone’s Break Free story
This blog is written by local Break Free group member Simone Cooper The Central Coast Council will vote on whether to declare a climate emergency; a powerful first step to building a sustainable Central Coast. || If enough of us make ourselves heard, we can ensure that when the vote comes, the councillors know exactly…
