Labor climate action - proposed LEAN amendments

Join more than 350 ALP Branches calling for

CLIMATE ACTION more renewables

more jobs

less pollution

PROPOSED LEAN AMENDMENTS Chapter 4, Tackling climate change and environmental challenges LEAN will be seeking to amend paragraph 16 of Chapter 4 of the Platform to include: • A commitment to deliver 50% of our electricity from renewable sources by 2030.

• Adoption of the Climate Change Authority’s recommended carbon pollution reduction targets.

• The creation of a single ministry of Climate Change and Energy.

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LEAN’s 50/50 Climate Action Campaign M

ore than 350 Local Branches and FEC/FEAs have passed motions in support of the LEAN campaign calling on the 2015 National Conference to ensure Labor continues to lead the nation on action for more renewables, more jobs and less pollution.

The Draft Platform is a document Labor should be proud of. It expressly recognises the advice of the IPCC that the 2°Celsius target requires advanced economies to approach zero net emissions by mid century [4.15]. In addition, the draft platform includes a commitment to an emissions trading scheme, and clean energy.

However, the rank and file has spoken. We are calling for credible targets for renewable energy and pollution reduction. Labor must get climate change and energy policy right if we’re to win at the next federal election. Listening to the experts, legislating credible targets, and explaining them to the electorate is essential.

HOW TO VOTE Chapter 4, Tackling climate change and environmental challenges, will be debated on Saturday afternoon at 2.15pm.

• If you are a delegate, or a proxy, please make sure you are on the floor to vote FOR the LEAN amendments.

• If you are an observer please encourage your delegates to support LEAN, and come and chat to LEAN at our Fringe stall for further ideas on how to help.

Together, we can help Labor step up to the challenge and become the party that will lead Australia through a just transition to a clean, fair and prosperous future!

To discuss any of this further please call Felicity Wade, LEAN National Co-convenor on 0408 246 444.

As we debate party reform aiming to empower the party membership, the Conference should take very seriously the fact that Labor Members from Townsville to Balranald, Geraldton to Burnie, and Mt Druitt to St Kilda have all endorsed the campaign and joined our call. What’s more, the state conferences in NSW, Queensland, Tasmania and WA have endorsed adoption of the Climate Change Authority’s pollution targets.

WHERE DO OUR NUMBERS COME FROM? 50% renewable energy by 2030 Two-thirds of Australia’s carbon pollution comes from our energy sector. Cleaning up the energy sector is the key reform that breaks the back of the challenge to reduce our pollution. What’s more polling shows that people like and understand the benefit of renewable energy.

Modeling by Monash University’s ClimateWorks, chaired by John Thwaites, shows that as part of a broader energy package we must have half our electricity sourced from renewable energy by 2030 in order to play our part in keeping global warming within 2°Celsius.

Origin Energy predicts that 30% of our electricity will be renewable by 2020. Labor State Governments around Australia have already adopted ambitious targets: South Australia has a target of 50% renewables by 2025; Queensland 50% by 2030; and the ACT is aiming for a huge 90% by 2020!

50% by 2030 is achievable and will generate new industries, jobs and innovation.

Adopting strong pollution targets When in Government Labor set up the Climate Change Authority to provide independent advice on climate policy and made Bernie Fraser its Chair.

IS YOUR BRANCH AMONG THE 350?

ACT Young Labor, ACT Adamstown, NSW Adelaide, SA Albert Park, Vic Albion Park/Oak Flats, NSW Albury Country Labor, NSW Alice Springs, NT Alstonville NSW Annandale, NSW Annerley, Qld Arana Hills, Qld Ararat, Vic Armidale, NSW Arncliffe-Wolli Creek, NSW Ascot Vale, Vic Ashbury, NSW Ashfield, NSW Ashford, SA Ashgrove, Qld Ashwood, Vic Auburn-Lidcombe, NSW Ballarat East, Vic Ballarat West, Vic Ballina, NSW Balranald Hay, NSW Bankstown Central, NSW Barron River RHC, Qld Barton FEC, NSW Bassendean, WA Batemans Bay, NSW Batman FEC, Vic Battery Point, Tas Bayside Maritime, QLD Bega, NSW Bellbowrie, Qld Bellinger River, NSW Beltana, Tas Bendigo South, Vic Bendigo, Vic Bentleigh, Vic Beverley Hills, NSW Black Mountain, ACT Blackburn, Vic Black Rock, Vic Blacktown, NSW Blue Mountains SEC, NSW Boonah, Qld Bradfield FEC, NSW Bragg, SA Brighton Le Sands, NSW Brighton, Vic Brighton/Bracken Ridge, Qld Brisbane FEC, Qld Brooklyn Mooney Mooney and Lower Hawkesbury, NSW Brunswick North, Vic Brunswick, Vic Bulimba Hawthorne, Qld Bundaberg/Coral Coast, Qld Bundoora, Vic Bungendore, NSW Burleigh RHC, Qld Burnie, Tas

Byron Bay, NSW Cabarita Mortlake, NSW Cairns, QLD Camden Haven, NSW Camden, NSW Campelltown, NSW Canterbury North, NSW Canterbury, Vic Caringbah, NSW Carlton North, Vic Carlton, Vic Carrington, NSW Castlemaine, Vic Chelsea, Vic Clayton South, Vic Clifton Hill, Vic Clovelly, NSW Coffs Harbour, NSW Collingwood/Fitzroy, Vic Como-Jannali, NSW Cook FEC, NSW Cowper FEC, NSW Craigieburn, Vic Cronulla Woolooware, NSW Currumbin-Elanora RHC, Qld Dandenong, Vic Darling Harbour, NSW Davenport, SA Deception Bay, Qld Dee Why, NSW Deniliquin, NSW Devonport, Tas Dobell FEC, NSW Doonside, NSW Double Bay/Bellevue Hill, NSW Dulwich Hill, NSW Durack FECC, WA Earlwood, NSW East Maitland, NSW Eden-Monaro FEC, NSW Edmonton, Qld Elsternwick, Vic Eltham, Vic Elwood, Vic Emu Plains, NSW Endeavour Hills /Fountain Gate, Vic Enmore-Camdenville, NSW Epping, NSW Ermington, NSW Erskineville, NSW Fairfield, NSW Farrer FEC, NSW Fisher FEC, Qld Five Dock, NSW Footscray, Vic Forster Tuncurry, NSW Gardens Point, Qld Geelong West, Vic Gellibrand FEA, Vic Georgetown Waratah, NSW Geraldton, WA Gilmore FEC, NSW

Gladstone Meadows, Vic Glebe, NSW Glen Waverley, Vic Glenorchy, Tas Glenroy, Vic Gold Coast Regional Conference, Qld Gosford, NSW Goulburn, NSW Grayndler FEC, NSW Greenslopes RHC, Qld Greenway FEC, NSW Greystanes-Pemulwuy, NSW Griffith, NSW Gulgong, NSW Gungahlin, ACT Harbord, NSW Harrisfield, Vic Hawkesbury SEC, NSW Hawkesbury, NSW Hawthorn, Vic Heidelberg, Vic Hermit Park, Qld Highfields, Qld Homedale, NSW Hoppers Crossing, Vic Hornsby, NSW Hughesdale, Vic Hunter Young Labor Association, NSW Hunters Hill, NSW Huon, Tas Indooroopilly, Qld Inner Sydney Young Labor Association, NSW Innisfail, Qld Ivanhoe, Vic Jervis Bay St Georges Basin, NSW Kallangur, Qld Katoomba, NSW Kavel, SA Keilor East, Vic Kelvin Grove/Newmarket, Qld Kempsey, NSW Kenmore RHC, Qld Kennedy FEC, QLD Kensington/Beaconsfield, NSW Kew, Vic Kiama, NSW Kincumber, NSW Kingborough, Tas Kings Cross, NSW Kingsford Smith FEC, NSW Kingsgrove, NSW Kogarah Carlton, NSW Kuringai, NSW Kyneton, Vic Labor Manufacturing Branch, WA Lalor Parks and Districts, NSW Lambton-New Lambton-Kotara, NSW

Lane Cove, NSW Leichhardt, NSW Lenah Valley, Tas Lilydale, Tas Lilydale, Vic Lismore, NSW Lithgow, NSW Llanherne, Tas Lyne FEC, NSW Lytton, Qld Mackellar FEC, NSW Macleay Valley, NSW Macquarie FEC, NSW Macquarie, NSW Malvern, Vic Manly, NSW Manningham, Vic Marayong South, NSW Maroondah, Vic Marrickville Central, NSW Mayfield, NSW Maylands, WA McMahon FEC, NSW Melbourne Day, Vic Melton, Vic Mentone, Vic Mid Mountains, NSW Mill Park, Vic Milperra, NSW Milton Ulladulla, NSW Mitcham, Vic Moruya, NSW Mosman, NSW Mount Colah Berowra, NSW Mount Coot-tha, Qld Mount Druitt North, NSW Mount Druitt, NSW Mount Stuart, Tas Mt Ainslie, ACT Mt Kembla/Unanderra, NSW Mulgrave, Qld Mulgrave, Vic Mullumbimby/Brunswick Heads, NSW Myall Lakes SEC, NSW Nambour, Qld Nambucca River, NSW Narangba, Qld Narrabeen Pittwater, NSW New England FEC, NSW New Farm, Qld New Norfolk, Tas New Town, Tas Newcastle City Day, NSW Newcastle FEC, NSW Newcastle SEC, NSW Newcastle, NSW Newtown SEC, NSW North Brisbane Regional Conference, Qld North Melbourne, Vic North Sydney, NSW Northcote, Vic Norwood, SA

Oatley-Lugarno, NSW Ourimba Narara Valley, NSW Paddington, NSW Paddington, Qld Padstow, NSW Page FEC, NSW Park Hill Granville East, NSW Parkes FEC, NSW Parramatta FEC, NSW Pascoe Vale, Vic Paterson FEC, NSW Peakhurst, NSW Pennant Hills, NSW Penrith, NSW Penshurst, NSW Petersham, NSW Petrie/Lawnton, Qld Port Douglas/Mossman, Qld Port Kembla, NSW Port Macquarie, NSW Port Stephens SEC, NSW Prahran, Vic Preston, Vic Prospect, NSW Punchbowl, NSW Quakers Hill, NSW Queensland Environment and Urban Infrastructure Policy Committee Randwick North, NSW Randwick/Coogee West, NSW Raymond Terrace, NSW Redfern East, NSW Reid FEC, NSW Reservoir, Vic Riverina FEC, NSW Riverstone, NSW Robertson FEC, NSW Rooty Hill, NSW Roseberry, NSW Roselands, NSW Rozelle-Lillyfield, NSW Rydalmere, NSW Ryde, NSW Salisbury, Qld Sandy Bay, Tas Sapphire Coast , NSW Sarina, Qld Seven Hills, NSW Shellharbour Barrack Heights, NSW Smithfield, NSW Snowy River Cooma, NSW Somerset, Qld South Brisbane Regional Conference, Qld South Brisbane, Qld South Hobart, Tas South Melbourne, Vic South Morang, Vic Southern Highlands, NSW Springwood Faulconbridge, NSW St Kilda, Vic

Stawell, Vic Stockton, NSW Strathmore, Vic Sturt FEC, SA Summer Hill, NSW Sunshine Coast/Hinterland, Qld Surf Coast, Vic Surry Hills, NSW Sydney FEC, NSW Tablelands FNQ, Qld Tamworth, NSW Taree, NSW Tasmanian Young Labor, Tas The Entrance Bateau Bay, NSW The Gap, Qld The Hills, NSW The Trevor Davies Branch, NSW The Warren, NSW Throsby FEC, NSW Toongabbie, NSW Tooronga, Vic Toowong/St Lucia, Qld Toowoomba and Surrounds Labor Womens Network, Qld Toowoomba Regional Conference, Qld Toronto, NSW Torrens, SA Toukley, NSW Townsville Regional Conference, Qld Townsville, Qld Tuggeranong, ACT Tumbi Umbi, NSW Tweed Heads, NSW Umina Ettalong, NSW University of Newcastle Labor Club, NSW Wagga Wagga, NSW Warragul, Vic Warilla Mt Warrigal, NSW Warringah FEC, NSW Watsonia, Vic Waverley West, Vic Wentworth FEC, NSW Werribee, Vic West End, Qld West Footscray, Vic West Wallsend, NSW Weston Creek, ACT Williamstown, Vic Wollondilly, NSW Wollongong, NSW Wonthaggi, Vic Woodend, Vic Woolloongabba, Qld Wyong, NSW Yarraville, Vic Yass Valley, NSW Yeronga, QLD Young, NSW

List current as of 16th July 2015

One of the Climate Change Authority’s key tasks was to recommend national pollution reduction targets based on three criteria: the science, the international context and the economic impacts.

Just this month the Climate Change Authority has confirmed its recommendations that we should reduce pollution by 30% by 2025 and 40-60% by

2030 (against 2000 levels) to meet its international obligations and prevent dangerous climate change.

Labor’s 2011 Platform explicitly commits Labor to taking advice from the Climate Change Authority in setting pollution reduction targets. This Conference provides the opportunity to do so.

JOIN US AT THE FRINGE! Friday 12.30-1.30pm, Room 206

Sunday 1.30-2.30pm, Room 209

• Transport Workers Union and Labor Environment Action Network present: Is the Environment a Middle Class Obsession?

• Labor Environment Action Network (LEAN) presents: Climate Change and the Pacific

A panel discussion exploring the tension between jobs vs the environment that rumbles at the heart of the Labor Party with Tony Sheldon, TWU, Professor Tim Flannery, Climate Council and Claire O’Rourke, Solar Citizens.

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Saturday 9.30-11.30am, Room 209 • Solar Council presents: Save Solar With Mark Butler, Shadow Climate Change Minister, Luke Foley, NSW Labor leader, Simon Corbell, ACT Climate Change Minister, Lily D’Ambrosio, Victorian Energy Minister and Felicity Wade, LEAN.

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Saturday 6-7pm, Room 207 • Australian Conservation Foundation presents: A New Environment for Labor A discussion on the frameworks, policies and laws necessary to protect our natural heritage into the 21st century with Mark Butler, Shadow Environment Minister, Kelly O’Shanassy, CEO of ACF, Lyndon Schneiders, Director of The Wilderness Society and Dermot O’Gorman, CEO of WWF Australia.

Our nearest neighbours in the Pacific will be some of the hardest hit by climate change, with Matt Thistlethwaite, Shadow Parl Sec for Foreign Affairs, Ikani Taliai, United Pasifika Council, Jon Barnett, Melbourne University and Kelly Dent, Oxfam.

And don’t forget to come by and say hi at the LEAN stall.

Join up and get involved.

RALLY Rally to support Labor Climate Leadership at 11am, Saturday 25 July, out front of the conference.

Hosted by Oxfam, The Wilderness Society, Solar Citizens, Environment Victoria and GetUp!

WHAT YOU CAN DO • Contact your delegates, tweet @BillShortenMP and @ Mark_Butler_MP #support50fifty.

• To talk to LEAN by phone while at conference phone Ella Factor on 0431 943 284 or Matt Landolfo on 0408 182 184.

• Visit us at www.lean.net.au/50fifty and on Facebook: www.facebook.com/LEANAustralia

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