Look, if the Labor Party had been in control for the last nine years and had done nothing on these topics and in fact, taken us backwards, then you would see these movements rising up in their seats. Well, to get a movement like this up and going in a community, it starts with three or four people at a coffee shop or kitchen table, and they bring in three or four friends and then pretty soon, before you know it, theres a hundred, two hundred, three hundred people and it has hundreds of nights and weekends given up for these movements, and people putting in not only their free time, their talent, but also their money into these movements. Over the last decade, the major parties have received $1.8 billion in funding, $180 million a year, and much of it from undisclosed sources. He is an energy analyst, clean tech investor, climate philanthropist, director of the Smart Energy Council and the Australian Environmental Grantmakers Network, senior advisor to the Climate and Energy College at Melbourne University and writes regularly about the transformation of Australias energy sector. While a Party MP is answerable to their faction, their party, their donors and their branch before they can get around to attending to constituents, a community-backed independent is answerable just to their community, no more, no less. You mentioned the number of prominent women that you are backing at the upcoming election, and given what weve witnessed in the past 12 months and you said the sentiment of women around the country, that white hot anger: do you see this election as perhaps the best chance to fix this problem? It can benefit our economy every bit as much as the gold rushes did back in the 19th century. Katie Louise White. Because I dont need to signal to candidates. If theres some event organised in the local community, lets say tomorrow, there was a you heard of dignitaries coming to town, you had to organise something, put it together really quickly, who would you call to organise that? A third of our donors are from rural and regional seats. Im going to make Greg feel better and be even less popular than him. Malta's position to opt out of the EU's defence and military cooperation project, PESCO, remains unchanged despite Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Today Id like to share two observations from our latest polling of nearly 9000 voters across 11 electorates where independents are running. Politics has become a multi-billion dollar game. Theyre not trying to climb the greasy ladder. Climate 200 levels the playing field so that community-backed independents can have a fighting chance against the party machines. Was it in 2010 when Tony Windsor, Rob Oakeshott and Andrew Wilkie helped us help get us ARENA, the National Renewable Energy Agency, and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation? Copyright 2020 Monash University Publishing. And that is, can you just address the question that the Liberal Party in particular puts out about the Climate 200 or the independent candidates, the Voices For and so forth, that they seem to be only emerging in Coalition-held seats? He was co-founder of the Australian Wind Alliance and inaugural chair of the Melbourne Energy Institute's Advisory Board. We often lament that accomplished Australians rarely step up and run for Parliament. So heres our challenge. And weeks later, in the heat of the election campaign, the Treasurer announced $260 million for a level-crossing removal project in his own electorate. Ill be chastised later by Laura Tingle, president of the club. Over 400 people joined Kylea Tinks launch in North Sydney. To the rest of Australia, please get behind these candidates: back them. Im going to ask about the $100,000 cheque. The resilience and wisdom of your culture is perhaps our nations greatest treasure. We would be pretending to be something that we are not, if we were a registered party, and we dont have any candidates. See Simon Paul Holmes's age, phone number, house address, email address, social media accounts, public records, and check for criminal records on Spokeo. Is he still a director at Climate 200? Australias energy policy is a tangled mess built on a foundation of lies, In 2018 the Australian government chased its energy tail. Below is a letter from ACT Director of Public Prosecution Shane Drumgold sent to ACT Chief Police Officer Neil Gaughan outlining evidence of corrupt police trying to stop rape charges against Bruce Lehrmann and police colluding with Lehrmann's lawyers during the rape trial. So I respect someone who wants to give $5000 and says they want it to be to be private. At the last election, a quarter of Australians did not vote for either of the major parties. As Meg Lees said recently, in this decade it is the independents who will keep the bastards honest. The way that the independents [think], who may be in the privileged position of balance of power, I have no influence over their vote on any issue, and I wouldnt have it any other way. Greg Brown The Australian: Greg Brown from The Australian. At the end of the day, they go back to their rooms and they read through the notes of the next day in Parliament. And its kind of nice to have a guardian angel because it means that we we dot every I and cross every T. Now hes hes made spurious claims to the AEC, which they have dismissed. But the major parties have repeatedly blocked attempts by independents such as Andrew Wilkie and others to legislate these reforms. You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked. Simon Holmes Court has stood at the intersection of community, climate action and politics since May 2007, when he attended the meeting of a community group setting out to build Australias first community-owned wind farm. Simon Holmes a Court with todays Press Club address. And then after that point worked in, I think it was his own startup company, active in agriculture, and then turned his sights on renewable energy, and eventually set up Climate 200. Wouldnt it be great to have Parliament filled with better people? For example, few realise the role that Australia plays in the electric vehicle revolution. So, our relationship with the candidates is, we make a donation. He, in a recent profile, revealed that he had told his wife Katrina and their four children that he would probably be putting $200,000 of his own money into Climate 200 So I guess thats politics, where you put your money where your mouth is. And people say, why not in Labor sets? They have seats, most have a radio. It is not hidden, it is absolutely clearly disclosed. $485,000 Last Sold Price. The National Press Club of Australia. Last weekend we received our ten-thousandth donation from 8000 members from a very broad cross-section of Australian society. Theres no head office, there is no coordinated policy platform. And lets strike at the root of our weakened democracy. And if not, what kind of criteria are you applying to, I guess, on due consideration to this. Respected We use cookies on our website to give you the most relevant experience by remembering your preferences and repeat visits. But I think Zali got it right with her bill and I dont think I need to reply any further than that. And asking David to tie his hands behind his back and put his slingshot down while Goliath is standing there with a bazooka and heavy artillery. Some have come up through the voices of groups in more than 70 electorates. DWF > The Legal 500 Rankings Corporate and commercial > EU and competition Tier 1 DWF has noteworthy experience in advising private sector clients on matters spanning merger contr Free shipping within Australia for orders over $50. But as I said before, this is a David and Goliath fight. [email protected] James Morrow: No, its split up to just below the donation threshold in the return there, but the question is why is it split? If the major parties agree to reduce the disclosure limit to $1000 and require real time disclosure, we will rapidly congratulate them and immediately follow suit for all donations received from that point onwards. Thats because politics is a game where the winners write the rules. Josh Frydenbergs Kooyong 200 Club received $2.8 million over the last five years without disclosing a single donor, not one. document.getElementById('f27deb562d912bee070e222199916a83d683e193').innerHTML = 'ueckerdt@pik-potsdam.de'; These candidates are genuine community leaders, not career politicians. Weve been proactively reaching out to the AEC. Its also consistent with increased intensity and frequency of bushfires, like those we saw in the Black Summer. These new independents are working for change, not for their careers. This time last year, BMW struck a deal hundreds of millions of dollars worth, with the United Arab Emirates to buy green aluminium. Thank you, Simon, for your address. Enter your email and click 'Subscribe Now' to receive notification of new posts on No Fibs. It is growing quickly, bubbling both above and below the surface. No ones doing this because its some fake movement. Climate 200, as Ive said, I am not the leader of this movement. I would like it to be $1000 so its a level playing field. Whats stopping you from today, if youre if youre talking about integrity and politics, and you want to set the standard, you can set the standard today. I want to challenge you on the idea in your speech that youre not a political party. Simon Holmes a Court, the son of one of Australia's great mining entrepreneurs, has launched his own corporate mission: obtain greater renewable energy subsidies and a price on carbon dioxide . Watergate, the $80 million sale of water that doesnt exist to a Cayman Islands company established by a man who is now a Minister in the government. [CDATA[// >