Vote Climate in Kooyong!
Australia is at a crossroads when it comes to climate and energy policy.
We need representatives who will support households and businesses going electric to save on energy bills and protect our health.
Protecting forests and biodiversity is a powerful form of climate action, but our environment laws are broken. .
With the right leadership we can grasp the immense economic opportunities offered by becoming a clean energy superpower in a decarbonising world with green manufacturing, exports and future focused jobs.
Will you join our Vote Climate campaign in Kooyong?
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Go electric to reduce energy bills and improve our health
Electrify everything to reduce household energy costs
Cost of living is high on everyone’s mind. Fully electric homes are less expensive to run. We need representatives who will prioritise household electrification.
- Subsidies for efficient electric appliances
- Support for community energy sharing and battery uptake
- Imporved EV infrastructure nationally
- Help for renters to access solar
Protecting biodiversity and forests is a powerful form of climate action
Climate change puts nature and biodiversity at risk
Australia’s nature laws are broken. Vote for representatives who will protect our land and water.
- Extreme weather events damage animal habitats
- Australia has one of the highest loss of species anywhere in the world
- Protecting forests is a very effective way to reduce emissions
Let’s make the right technology choices
Nuclear is an expensive distraction – renewables not coal and gas
Australia has the world’s best natural resources in wind and sun. Renewable energy backed up with storage is the least expensive form of new energy.
- Nuclear is too expensive and slow to develop compared to renewables
- Nuclear doesn’t stack up financially and and would prolong the shift away from coal and gas
- New coal and gas approvals have continued under the Albanese government
- No public money should be spent to support fossil fuel projects
Clean energy – transforming manufacturing and exports
Renewables and storage will reduce the cost of energy and increase jobs
World leading technologies coupled with unparalleled natural resources means unlimited opportunity.
- Exporting green iron and green aluminium
- Processing precious metals needed for the energy transition
- Low carbon manufacturing
- Exporting clean energy
- Skilled, future focused jobs
A problem – our politicians are still approving new coal and gas
Even though Australia has world leading solar and wind resources, and massive potential for renewables-led exports, our government still is promoting gas expansion. Currently, including exports, Australia contributes a whopping 4.5% of global emissions, continuing to damage our climate.
- Labor is refusing to reveal 2035 climate targets, and the Liberals even the 2030 target – we should know what we are voting for.
- Accelerating climate action would set Australia up to be a clean energy superpower, transforming manufacturing and exports.
Time is running out. We have to shift our politics!
Australia is vulnerable to increasing climate damage from fires, droughts and floods, according to the latest State of the Climate CSIRO report.
Moving to clean energy and protecting forests will lower costs, increase our resilience, and protect our future.
Vote for climate action in Kooyong!
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Vote Climate Campaigns really work!
In 2024, Lighter Footprints volunteers helped run the Boroondara Votes Climate campaign, which returned a majority climate-friendly Council, and we helped shift the vote in Kooyong, Higgins and Chisholm in 2022.
Find out more about the value of putting accurate information in the hands of voters on our Vote Climate campaign summaries page.
Climate was the top vote determining issue in 2022
In a stunning upset, with climate the top vote-determining issue according to Vote Compass and the ABC, the independent challenger Dr Monique Ryan displaced the Liberal heir apparent, Josh Frydenberg. According to the ABC, the Treasurer’s primary vote dropped 6.3% to 42.9%. Dr Ryan won the seat with a positive swing (and primary vote) of 41.5%.
Lighter Footprints supported local climate alliance KCCA in running a Vote Climate campaign. Climate action was framed around financial, economic and health benefits.
Kooyong 2024 redistribution
- AEC profile on the division of Kooyong with links
- Kooyong 2024 redistribution map
- Ben Raue’s analysis on the Victorian redistribution
- Antony Green’s analysis on the Victorian redistribution
Further Information
Kooyong Climate Change Alliance
Lighter Footprints is a member of KCCA which works with allies to run Vote Climate campaigns at local, State and Federal elections.
Lighter Footprints
- Vote Climate 2022 Vote Climate campaign highlights blog
- Lighter Footprints blog on Vote Climate action on the streets in the lead up to the 2022 election.
- More on our successful Vote Climate campaigns here
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