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We all want a better, more sustainable world. Here are some of my ideas about how to make it happen.

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Parliament – closing comments – energy efficient homes

28 October 2024

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Politics in the Pub at the Local Hotel

2 July 2024

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Reflection on War in Gaza – WA Parliament

18 June 2024

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Today Parliament in WA kicks off with the lower ho

Today Parliament in WA kicks off with the lower house meeting (the upper house is in two weeks) and the WA conservation movement has gathered to express their frustration and anger at the Cook Government’s trashing of the EPA and failure to protect WA’s unique environmental values.

Most of our trees and over 75% of our tree loss is

Most of our trees and over 75% of our tree loss is on private property. But the WA Government is refusing to let local governments protect them and...after seven years in power...still has no plan in place to do so.

Meanwhile Perth’s canopy cover (the lowest in Australia) continues to decline.

An impressive panel tonight at the @conservationco

An impressive panel tonight at the @conservationcouncilwa Environment Matters event on Safeguarding WA’s EPA and Environment. Highlighting our rights to know, participate and challenge projects impacting our environment.

With so many pressing local matters to deal with I

With so many pressing local matters to deal with I don’t often post directly about what’s happening in #Gaza. Offline we are doing all we can to express solidarity with WA’s 🇵🇸Palestinian community and with all communities who are seeking peace with justice for the region.⁠
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But on Sunday after the news, I had to have a long talk with my six-year old daughter about why Hind Rajab, a Palestinian girl her age who survived an IDF attack in Gaza and endured hours sitting alone in a car surrounded by the bodies of her family, died after the paramedics sent to rescue her were also attacked.⁠
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What can you say?⁠
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There is no possible scenario - no prior atrocity, no military outcome, no purpose at all that could justify such horror being inflicted on a child. Or on any noncombatant. Or in fact anyone involved in a medical rescue. ⁠
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But it's happening on an unimaginable scale to kids, and to noncombatants and first responders in Gaza every day. ⁠
I don't know anyone who walked past the same atrocities when they were committed in Ukraine. ⁠
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It’s inconceivable to me that anyone can walk past this because of ultimately minute differences of geography and culture.⁠
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Where is our federal government on this? They need to come clean on the extent of their arms deals with Israel, and if they are truly dedicated to a peaceful outcome in the Middle East they need to join the global demand for a ceasefire now.⁠
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My Senate counterparts are pressing the federal government to be transparent about the extent of its arms sales to Israel and for a permanent ceasefire - you can help them with this here 👉 link in bio

It's also the only light rail we're likely to see

It's also the only light rail we're likely to see unless we change up WA's antiquated transport thinking! ⁠
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Check out Climate Positive Perth's vision for light rail in a truly connected low-carbon city 👉 link in bio

🌏🔥 Not an easy read but an important reminde

🌏🔥 Not an easy read but an important reminder that we need to take urgent, comprehensive and sustained action to stop extracting and burning fossil fuels 📲 link in bio

Great to meet with the amazing volunteers at Envir

Great to meet with the amazing volunteers at Environment House in Bayswater today 😎

Another wonderful example of community and local government leading on sustainable living in our city.

🌳💔 Today WA Labor stopped local councils fro

🌳💔 Today WA Labor stopped local councils from acting now to protect urban canopy. Instead we're getting another strategy paper and on this governments past form, we might not see it before the next election.

A Planning Minister should know better in 2024; tell Minister Carey he needs to do better protecting our precious urban trees 📧 john.carey@mp.wa.gov.au

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