When is a $1.5 billion fossil fuel subsidy not a subsidy? When the Federal...
You have to admire the hypocrisy of the Minister for Resources and Northern Development Madeleine King in Question time in Federal Parliament on 22 June regarding the Middle Arm development in...
View ArticleRally: No Nuclear submarines, Fund real Climate Action
Merri-bek council passed a motion on April 14, declaring opposition to the Australian government’s plan to spend more than $368 billion dollars on the purchase of nuclear-powered submarines. The...
View ArticleSubmission: Merri-bek new Open Space Strategy
Council’s Open Space Strategy is important for setting Council goals with regard to open space in the municipality, in using this space efficiently for the benefit of all residents. This is...
View ArticleBe prepared for extreme heat in Merribek. Record temperatures likely in 23/24...
While we are in winter here in Melbourne in July, if you are following the international news there are substantial heatwaves ocurring in North America, Europe, Siberia, China and Japan. Wildfires too...
View ArticleState Government Bans new gas connections
Victorian Climate Change Minister Lily D’Ambrosio stepped forward Friday morning to announce a ban on new gas connections for both residential developments and state government buildings such as...
View ArticleExploration for Fossil gas In Victoria? Let us listen to whales singing, not...
The Federal government is allowing gas exploration to proceed in the Otway Basin. In August 2022 the Federal Government opened 46,000 sq km for offshore oil and gas exploration, including in...
View ArticleMerri-bek kicks a Ground-breaking policy goal with Sports Surfaces draft policy
At Merri-bek Council meeting on 9 August, Council unveiled a draft sports surface policy. This addresses decision making on synthetic turf for sports surfaces in the municipality by including a triple...
View ArticleYes to the Voice Referendum – Climate Action Merribek endorses a Yes vote
Climate Action Merribek supports a “Yes” vote for the referendum. This is important in recognition in the Constitution of the culture, heritage and wisdom of over 60,000 years of Aboriginal and Torres...
View ArticleIs Victoria prepared for Spring Season Bushfire outlook 2023?
Australian and New Zealand National Council for fire and emergency services (AFAC) has published the sping bushfire outlook for Australia. Reporters with the Age, Brian Wilson, Rachel Eddie and...
View ArticleNew domain, New website for CAM
We have been steadily updating all of our media assets with our new name: Climate Action Merribek. We have just launched our new website on the ClimateActionMerribek.org domain with all our old content...
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