Wodonga Council candidates were emailed three climate change questions by WATCH in the lead up to the October 2024 election. They were asked:Q1. How do you rate the importance of climate action on a ten-point scale, where one indicates low priority and ten indicates high priority? Q2. If elected, would you use your position as…
Albury Council candidates were emailed two climate change questions by WATCH in the lead up to the 14 September 2024 election. They were asked to 1) rate the importance of climate action on a five-point scale and; 2) Respond to the question: ‘Now that AlburyCity has declared a climate emergency, what do you feel are…
Albury Council candidates were emailed two climate change questions in the lead up to the December 2021 election. They were asked to rate the importance of climate action on a five-point scale and describe how they would use their position to reduce emissions from council operations and the community. Ten of the eleven candidates/ticket leaders…
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…
This op-ed by Dr Ben Habib, La Trobe University Lecturer in International Relations and former WATCH member, was submitted to The Border Mail but unfortunately not published. The Carmichael coal mine proposed by Indian mining company Adani in Queensland is an issue of direct importance to everyone, including residents of the Border region. Sussan Ley,…
Are you voting in the Albury Council election? Not sure who to vote for and want to know candidates’ attitudes to climate change? WATCH put four climate questions to candidates. WATCH is a non-partisan climate advocacy group and does not align itself with any political party. Our recommendations for the top three, above the line…
As global pressure builds and the government considers its post 2020 climate targets this week, a diverse and unprecedented alliance of more than 50 civil society groups [including WATCH] are calling on parliamentarians to commit to zero carbon pollution in Australia by 2050 at the latest. In an open letter released today, the groups state…
The Abbott government has recently started a review into the Renewable Energy Target with a view to lowering it or even abolishing it altogether – we can assume this both from its general direction on Energy policy, and from the three people it has chosen to conduct this review. Given the great opportunities for the…
MEDIA RELEASE 13.11.13 What brings together an international sports star, an archdeacon, a wine guru and a financial CEO? Basketballer Lauren Jackson, Archdeacon Peter McLeod-Miller, John Brown of Brown Brothers and WAW Credit Union’s Peter Challis, together with fifty other eminent people from the Border region have signed a joint statement calling for all levels…
Wodonga & Albury Toward Climate Health (WATCH) 