Friends of the Earth Far North Queensland ( FoE FNQ) and Mareeba Shire Communities for Climate Compensation have just launched our petition. 

Please add your name  and then consider also joining our group to help collect signatures and lobby Mareeba Shire Council. Everyone is welcome.

The “Polluter Pays” principle is simple – if you make a mess, you should clean it up.

Communities in the Far North, like too many others on this continent, are already paying the price of climate change through losing homes, higher insurance premiums and increasing disaster recovery bills. Our community is already experiencing the impacts of climate pollution – from devastating cyclones and floods to worsening bushfires and heatwaves.

Meanwhile, big coal, oil and gas corporations are making billions exporting Australia’s resources, often while paying no tax and pocketing huge government subsidies.

Local councils are on the front line, responsible for roads, drainage, community facilities and emergency response – but right now the costs of disasters are rising faster than council revenue.

A Climate Compensation Fund could help pay for:

• Disaster response and preparedness

• Insurance relief for disaster-hit communities

• Flood-proofing homes

• Upgraded community halls and evacuation centres

• Shaded streets and cool public spaces

• Well-resourced emergency services

• Support for a just transition for workers and their families

And much more…

The cure for climate anxiety is climate action!

ACT NOW:

Sign the petition : Make Big Polluters Pay Their Fair Share: Shire of Mareeba

Join FoE FNQ and Mareeba Shire Communities for Climate Compensation

And, if you live in Cairns, support CAFNEC and Cairns Communities for Climate Action's campaign