Two members of WATCH met with Jacqui Hawkins, independent candidate for the seat of Benambra in the upcoming Victorian election.Jacqui stood at the last (2018) election and, after preference distribution, came within 5% of winning the seat (Jacqui 47.55% vs Libs 52.45%).Jacqui was very generous with her time, listened intently and spoke intelligently. This was…
Are you voting in the Wodonga Council election? Not sure who to vote for and want to know candidates’ attitudes to climate change? WATCH sent a two question, online survey to all 19 candidates. Ten responded, nine did not. Those who responded rated the importance of climate action on a five point scale, where 1…
WATCH members have repeatedly expressed concerns about the National COVID-19 Coordination Commission (NCCC), particularly the large proportion of NCCC members who are affiliated with the fossil fuel industry and the Commission’s intent to focus on a gas-driven economic recovery. Well done to Jill Coghlan for her submission to a parliamentary inquiry into the NCCC and…
On 29 January 2020, WATCH produced the following media release: 2019 was Australia’s hottest and driest year on record, heralding Australia’s longest bushfire season. Locally records were also broken, with Border Mail letters to the editor on climate change hitting an all-time high and signalling strong community support for climate action. Wodonga Albury Toward Climate…
A record-breaking 2000 people ‘died’ outside Sussan Ley’s office in Albury during the global climate strike on Friday 20 September 2019. Poetry, music, church bells, chants and even a phone call direct to Scott Morrison’s office featured during the protest, but the highlight was the minute’s silence during the somber ‘die-in’ on Kiewa Street. …
WATCH has been hosting climate actions for a dozen years and know this Friday’s Global Climate Strike will be the Border’s biggest ever! Locally and nationally it has the support of Australia’s four big banks, the Anglican Church, Uniting Church, Pope Francis, Charles Sturt University, Scots School Albury and many other schools and businesses. The…
On Friday 1st February 2019, WATCH released the following media release: Record breaking January temperatures coupled with low rainfall have caused significant stress on local plants including death of less established trees, burnt leaves, defoliation of deciduous trees, increased eucalypt limb falls and premature fruit drop. Albury’s January temperatures were the hottest on record, with…
Living Lightly article published in The Border Mail on 4/4/18, by WATCH member Bruce Key. Renewable energy is very popular, but it has a big drawback – its intermittency. This raises the question of how to store electricity so that it is available when required. The obvious answer is batteries, but it is difficult to…
Visitors to our website might have noticed fewer posts this past year or so. This is because many of us have been focused on the Adani Carmichael coal mine. If the mine proceeds it would be Australia’s single biggest contributor to climate change and the equivalent of adding a new country with emissions 1.5 times…
By David Johnston, October 7 2017 PROTESTERS thousands of kilometres away were still able to send a strong message opposing plans for a mega coal mine in central Queensland. LOUD AND CLEAR: Stop Adani protesters were out in force on the Lincoln Causeway on Saturday. More than 400 people showed their opposition to the coal…
Wodonga & Albury Toward Climate Health (WATCH) 