Global Climate Change Action

John Brumby and Kevin Rudd say that climate change is the biggest challenge humanity faces and their top priority, but their actions tell a different story.

Date: Saturday, July 5, 2008
Time: 1:00pm - 4:00pm
City Square
Cnr Swanston & Collins Sts
Melbourne, Australia

We are calling for Victorians to join the Climate Emergency Rally on July 5. We want to send a wake-up call to state and federal governments that they are heading in the wrong direction. New coal, new freeways and desalination plants increase our use of and reliance on fossil fuels dramatically at a time when we must be cutting our use even more dramatically. We are calling on governments to implement sustainable alternatives to these irresponsible and expensive projects. Alternatives such as renewable energy and public transport.

We call on all community groups and individuals to join us to send this important message to the government. We are going to form a 140-metre-long human sign to spell the words "Climate Emergency". Please organise your group to send endorsement, tell everyone you know, and come on the day wearing something red to symbolise emergency.

We are facing a climate emergency, the time for real action is now!

Come for the rally, stay for the giant human sign.

http://climaterally.blogspot.com
Flier attached

Facebook event:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=14090931459

http://news.smh.com.au/desalination-plant-may-be-a-waste-study/20080311-...

National Speaking Tour
Adelaide - Melbourne - Canberra - Sydney
speakers - art - photos - films

Melbourne Public Meeting
June 18, 6pm, New Council Chambers
Trades Hall Carlton
(Poster attached)

Despite giving an "absolute categorical assurance" prior to the last election that the NT would not be targeted for a Federal radioactive waste dump, in June 2005 the Federal Government announced that three Department of Defence sites in the NT would be assessed for suitability.

Brendan Nelson, as Federal Science Minister, queried "why on earth can't people in the middle of nowhere have [radioactive] waste?" ; Current Science Minister Julie Bishop remarked "all the sites in the NT are well away from houses... some distance from any form of civilisation."

Protecting Community, Country and Culture

Remote areas are not uninhabited and lifeless places. Traditional Owners and community members from the proposed dump sites are travelling across the country to express their concerns of how a radioactive dump would irreversibly damage country and culture.

Mt Everard - 40kms NW of Alice Springs.

3 km from the proposed dump site Werre Therre community runs several business enterprises, including mustering wild horses

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