In the next few weeks, the Turnbull government could hand over $1 billion of public money to prop up Adani’s giant polluting megamine.
ACF supporter Sharon France thinks this is an outrageous use of public money, so she's come up with the Australian People's Bank of Better Ideas.
Sharon recalls, "I literally woke up one morning thinking, 'If everyone could spend $1 billion on something beneficial, what would they fund? Certainly not a loan to a billionaire for a coal mine.'"
We’re helping Sharon gather ideas for better ways to use $1 billion of public money.
When all your ideas are in, Sharon will send a report highlighting the most popular and creative suggestions to our Prime Minister.
Australians don't want their public money used to prop up Adani's giant coalmine. Our elected representatives have the choice to invest in public good, not private greed.
So what are your ideas for better ways to use $1 billion of public funds?
To get more involved in Sharon's creative action, download the Better Ideas for a Billion Dollars action pack or visit her blog post to learn more.
Latest Supporters
Literally ANYTHING!! But if I had to choose specifics, public schools, hospitals, cancer research
Buy land and preserve nature for future generations. especially in Koala habitats.
Create community- university research partnerships that work for protecting wildlife habitat, biodiversity, ecosystems and the environment! Education + Conservation in one go! Engage people of all ages, genders and backgrounds equally.
Australia needs to become more productive and to start looking after itself in terms of agriculture and manufacturing and stop relying on digging up all our resources to sell off to other countries to keep the economy going. If Australia was more productive we would have more jobs available and would not have to rely on all the rubbish we have to purchase from other countries to keep there economy going. Australia wake up and stop taking the easy way out .We should be exporting more to other countries and not importing .We also need to create a better country so we can have more tourist, who wants to see a dying great Barrier reef and a country full of gaping holes left by mining. another suggestion can we regenerate the areas that have been destroyed by mining.
Health and education, public transport, renewable energy.
How many jobs creating initiative and projects could $1 billion fund?
Invest it in education so our future leaders do not make such stupid decisions
I am from germany + I enjoy a healthy great barrier reef. Please, take care for this wonderful + beautiful nature, folks!
Saving the most wonderful jewel of the world, the great barrier reef!
Solar cooled schools in Queensland so our kids can still learn effectively during summer terms.
Spend it on Medicare to provide a better and fairer health service
Just about anything else.
A subsidy for all solar panel homeowners to install a battery storage system
Vertical agriculture/aquaculture projects within urban communities.
Development of a renewable energy system to reduce emissions to 0% by 2050
AND
put it into our healthcare system, instead of running it down.
Renewables, renewables, renewables.
More public housing. Better public transport. More support for the mentally ill.
Public transport, high speed rail al
Protecting and including green spaces; habitat, oxgen roduction and carbon storage.
I would like to see Universities go back to being free and upgraded to world class.
Helping schools and supporting education. Maybe building shelters to support homeless people or abuse victims. Anything but the coal mine.
Free education for tertiary institutions so that ex – miners and current students can get educated and contribute to the economy without being in debt. Accepting more refugees would also help mitigate against the issues stacked against having an ageing population. Providing money for foreign aid, funding renewable energies, give money to the health fund for people with pre-existing conditions and graduates. Provide denser infrastructure that is affordable as well as public transport frameworks that get people out of their cars and on their feet.
Investing in renewable energy
Create new jobs by investing the money into renewable energies.
Wind farms solar power something that doesn’t destroynatural habit and is sustainable energy
Set up an centre to educate out- of- work- miners- to be in the benefits, opportunities and rewards of getting into the sustainable energy industry. Set up appropriate training centres where possible.
Funding sustainable energy resources.
Maximizing employment.
Affordable housing.
Free university education.
Bringing Nauru & Manus Is refugees to Australia.
Invest in reform of improving justice system. Currently it loks like a joke really.