Sydney Knitting Nannas & Friends have agreed that their climate activism this year will include lobbying our sitting MPs and other candidates in the lead up to the NSW State Election to be held on March 25th, 2023.
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How to cast your vote
Voting in the NSW election differs from the Federal election because preferential voting is optional, making it harder for independents and minor parties to get elected. So don’t waste your vote, number your preferences. See below.
Contact your NSW election candidates
Before contacting your candidates identify the topics you want to discuss. These topics should be what you’ve been campaigning on or are familiar with. If you and your family have been personally affected by climate catastrophes like floods and fires your story is a way to express concern about climate change and the continued useContinue reading “Contact your NSW election candidates”
Get to know your candidates
Start researching candidates who have nominated in your electorate. Follow them on social media up until the NSW state elections on March 25.
Narrabri Gas information & questions for NSW election candidates
Do we really need Narrabri Gas when it is going to increase emissions, risk our water, remove Traditional Owners rights, make farming land less productive, destroy habitat for native animals including koalas and effect the mental health of people impacted. NO!
Koalas & Logging – information & questions for NSW election candidates
In 2012 the Koala was declared a Threatened Species. In June 2020 a NSW Upper House Inquiry found that koalas would be extinct in NSW by 2050 unless governments took urgent action to protect their habitat. Most of the evidence for this inquiry was taken before the 2019/20 bushfires when more than 5,000 koalas died. Continue reading “Koalas & Logging – information & questions for NSW election candidates”
Incinerator information & question for NSW election candidates
Nannas are calling for real solutions to the waste crisis, and a ban on polluting incinerators. In response to community campaigns, a NSW government regulation has stopped incinerators in Matraville and Western Sydney, hopefully forever.
Good News 27 Jan 2023
News and links to gas pipeline construction halted, NSW EPA has ‘teeth’, new tech for batteries, the wonders of seaweed, wholesale power price falls, Tasmanian devils breeding program progress.
Busy Nannas
This week, some Sydney Nannas had meetings with MPs, while others prepared a NSW election resources kit. Our creative nannas are working on getting ready for our first Craftivism Exhibition in early March.
NT gas hub subsidy
In late December 2022, the ABC revealed it had obtained documents showing the original business case for the Middle Arm Sustainable Development Precinct in Darwin.