Mornington Peninsula Labor Environmental Action Network

20/05/2023

Plantations now account for over 88% of wood supply.

Native forest logging is on the decline. We can't leave this transition up to markets & corporations.

We need a managed transition to secure outcomes for workers, communities & the environment.

Murray Watt Chris Bowen MP Tanya Plibersek Ed Husic MP Anthony Albanese

19/05/2023

❤️ Woo Woo! 150 Labor Branches have passed our Climate, Clearing & Cows motion!

Tanya Plibersek Murray Watt - Senator for QueenslandJenny McAllister Ed Husic MP Chris Bowen MP Australian Labor Party

19/05/2023

Australia has a massive land carbon opportunity. We can can protect forests, restore landscapes, expand our plantation base and create thousands of regional jobs.

We need a national strategy to guide this work.

10/05/2023

10/05/2023

Major wins for electrification & energy performance in last nights budget.

Gas will never be cheap again, so replacing old gas appliances with efficient electric heat pumps is a key way to reduce energy bill pressures!

Thank you Chris Bowen MP Jenny McAllister & Jim Chalmers MP

09/05/2023

A big win in the budget tonight!

$121 million to establish a National EPA.

LEAN campaigned for, and won a commitment to an EPA at the 2018 Labor National Conference. Now in government it is being delivered.

05/05/2023

Excellent news today with the announcement of a National net-zero Authority!

LEAN has for a long time supported our union friends in their advocacy for a National Transition Authority to ensure nobody is left behind.

This authority will help make sure all communities can embrace the economic and job opportunities that come from global climate action.

05/05/2023

🥳👏🍾🎉 100 BRANCHES!!! 🥳👏🍾🎉

100 Branches across Australia have already passed our 'Climate, Clearing and Cows' motion and lots more are ordering materials or booking in a presentation to support our campaign.

All the branches listed below have passed our motion and have written to federal government ministers, calling on them to include the land sector as part of the climate solution.... to move to plantations, end broad scale land clearing, create a strategy to retain vegetation and use land more efficiently and effectively.

Has your branch passed the motion? Get in touch now and we will organise a presenter, digital pack and flyers for your next meeting.

Thank you to the following Labor Branches:

Adelaide
Adelaide FEC
Albany
Annerley
Ashgrove
Ashwood
Australian Young Labor Conference
Baroona
Belconnen
Bentleigh
Berwick
Black Mountain
Boonah
Boothby FEC
Bragg
Bribie Island
Brighton
Brisbane FOC
Bulimba/Hawthorne
Cairns Central
Canberra North
Cannon Hill/Morningside
Casey
Chermside/Kedron
Clarinda
Coopers Plains Acacia Ridge
Daytime
Dunstan
Edmonton
Eildon- Murrundindi
Eltham
Enoggerra
Epping
Eureka-Bacchus Marsh
Evelyn
FNQ Policy conference
Gladesville
Gungahlin
Harbord
Hillarys
Hindmarsh FEC
Indooroopilly
Ipswich
Ipswich North
Kelvin Grove
Kenmore/Bellbowrie
Kiama
King
Kurilpa
Lanyon
Lee
Leichhardt
Lytton
Malvern
Mount Ainslie
Narre Warren North
Narre Warren South
Nepean
New Farm
Noosa District
North Sydney
Northbridge
Northcote
Oatley-Peakhurst
Port Adelaide
Port Douglas - Mossman
Port Macquarie
Port of Brisbane
Qld Young Labor
Ryde
Salisbury
Schubert
South Australia Young Labor
South Barwon
South Gippsland
Springwood
Stanthorpe-Wallangarra
Sunbury
Sutherland
Sydenham
Telopea/South Canberra
The Gap
Tomaree Peninsula
Toowong - St Lucia
Toronto
Townsville
Townsville Local Policy Conference
Trevor Davies Branch (Darlington/Newtown)
Tuggeranong
WA Labor for Arts
WA Rainbow Labor
Walter Taylor
Weston Creek Molonglo
Williamstown
Woden
Wynnum Manly
Yunbenun-Magnetic Island
Footscray
Boondall
Mt Rogers/Ginninderra

04/05/2023

Australian native forestry is dominated by low-value products like woodchips.

Yep - we chip up our most precious forests to be shipped off at low value overseas to make products like toilet paper.

In 2023, our forests are worth more than this.

29/04/2023

The future of the timber industry is sustainable plantations.

Already 88% of timber supply is from plantations.

We can support these workers, grow the industry and end native forest logging at the same time.

27/04/2023

A reduction in native forest logging in Tasmania has seen it become one of the first jurisdictions in the world to become net carbon negative!

It shows that moving to 100% plantation timber in all states will significantly bolster Australia's emissions reduction efforts.

22/04/2023

It's Earth Day. Let's invest in our environment like we do in health, education, industry...

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