Communities for Climate Compensation
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To: Hornsby Shire
Make Big Polluters Pay Their Fair Share: Petition to Hornsby Shire Council
To: Hornsby Shire Council
Make Big Polluters Pay Their Fair Share:
Petition to Hornsby Shire Council
Petition to Hornsby Shire Council
Campaign created by Communities for Climate Compensation ,
and supported by Amnesty International Australia.
and supported by Amnesty International Australia.
Communities like ours are already paying the price of climate change through higher insurance premiums and increasing disaster recovery bills.
We call on Hornsby Shire (the ‘Bushland Shire’) Council to pass a ‘Polluter Pays’ motion to support a Climate Compensation Fund, which would help protect local services, strengthen and repair infrastructure, and fund disaster response and preparedness – ensuring our community can stay safe and thrive.
We support big coal, oil and gas corporations paying their fair share for the costs of climate change. Local councils and residents shouldn’t be left holding the bill while corporations pocket the profits.
Council should formally call on the Australian Federal Government to:
· Establish a Climate Compensation Fund, paid for by a levy on major coal, oil and gas export corporations – not ratepayers and taxpayers;
· Earmark funds for local councils to cover the rising costs of climate adaptation, disaster recovery and resilience;
· Provide sustained, legislated funding so councils can plan for the future with certainty; and
· Prioritise protecting ratepayers and taxpayers from bearing the escalating costs of climate damage.
Why is this important?
The “Polluter Pays” principle is simple – if you make a mess, you should clean it up.
Communities like ours are already paying the price of climate change through higher insurance premiums and increasing disaster recovery bills.
Our community is already experiencing the impacts of climate pollution – from bushfires to heatwaves, damaging rain, storm and flood events. Local councils are on the frontline, responsible for roads, drainage, community facilities and emergency response – but right now the costs of disasters are rising faster than council revenue.
Hornsby Shire Council (and we, the rate-payers) have already had to pay unexpected millions of dollars for Flood recovery (Wisemans Ferry) and Storm cleanups, and we remain very vulnerable to bushfire risks of massive losses.
Meanwhile, big coal, oil and gas corporations are making billions exporting Australia’s resources, often while paying no tax and pocketing huge government subsidies.
A Climate Compensation Fund could help pay for:
🚨Disaster response and preparedness,
🚒 Well-resourced emergency services
😌 Insurance relief for disaster-hit communities
😌 Insurance relief for disaster-hit communities
🏠 Flood-proofed homes
🏛️ Upgraded community halls and evacuation centres
🌳 Shaded streets and cool public spaces
✨ An Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Climate Self Determination Fund
👷 Support for a just transition for workers and their families
➕ And much more, as Council decides …
➕ And much more, as Council decides …
Many other Local Councils, and the Australian Local Government Association, have already passed such a motion. Let’s show Hornsby’s support.
To sign this petition, please supply: full name, street address, and signature or email. (Hornsby requirements).
To sign this petition, please supply: full name, street address, and signature or email. (Hornsby requirements).
(#) Privacy Disclosure Note (Hornsby Shire Council):
By signing this petition, you acknowledge that your personal information (including your name and address) is being collected for the sole purpose of lodging this petition with Hornsby Shire Council. In accordance with Council policy and the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 (GIPA), any submission made to Council may be made available to third parties, reproduced in whole or in part.
And please advise if you would like the Climate Compensation Campaign to contact you.
By signing this petition, you acknowledge that your personal information (including your name and address) is being collected for the sole purpose of lodging this petition with Hornsby Shire Council. In accordance with Council policy and the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 (GIPA), any submission made to Council may be made available to third parties, reproduced in whole or in part.
And please advise if you would like the Climate Compensation Campaign to contact you.
How it will be delivered
This petition will be delivered to Hornsby Shire Council, who will be encouraged to table it as part of a successful Polluter Pays motion.