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
Programs to prepare workers for a new age of jobs in renewables and finance research into the future job picture post coal. Address aboriginal health issues. Finance programs to care for the homeless.
Conservation of natural heritage such as bush land and wetlands and how about the barrier reef??? And all the natural habitat that is screaming out for help.
Pauline Hollywood, I think it would be wonderful to have a fund to assist people with rare diseases who, until their life-saving medications are listed on the PBS, cannot access the medications due to their very high costs. Many people have died because they simply couldn’t afford it.
Using this money to back Adani when there is so much homelessness in Australia., is utterly disgraceful.How much more respect would you receive if you put it into building homes for the poor.
Helping the rich get richer !
Destroying one of our greatest Natural assets ! Political disaster ! There’s a heap of more important task that this money is needed for. How about start by looking after our struggling pensioners & servicemen
Make hospitals and specialist care more accessible to ordinary people. Give homeless people homes and open free rehabs for drug addicts and alcoholics.
Use $1b towards renewable energy like in South Australia, education, buy back energy companies Just for starters. It’s our money Mr Turnbull not yours! Definitely do not give it to Adani!!! We care about our country, you need to do the same as your constituents.
Put it into public education and make it free we should not have to pay
The government could better use the money for health, housing, education and employment.
1. Renewable energy
2. Education
3. Elder care, childcare, the sick and poor.
4. Infrastructure
5. Buy back our ports!! (Stupid idea in the first place!!)
6. Australian manufacturing companies, Australian produce (stop selling this country, we are not a business!!!)
Alternative energy. Renewable energy. Education.
Instead of handing it to a rich foriegner why not Keep Australian Education FREE!?
The future of Australia is in the hands of these young people trying to get a good education, This is the area that will pay back the best dividends for investment.
Invest in renewable energies. Australia should be the leader in solar energy !
Coal belongs to yesterday and is a poor backward vision for our country.
The money would be better spent in the following ways …
Lowering the age of the aged pension to 60
Allowing pensioners to travel as they did prior to Abbot govt.
Build rail infrastructure linking the east coast by fast train.
Develop solar power and phase out coal.
Better funding to child care
And many more ways.
Social facilities for pensioners with pickup so that in the last years, after working so hard, they are able to get out and spend time enjoying their retirement.
Plant a whole lot of trees,. Invest in city infrastructures to accommodate safe bike lanes. It will lighten up traffic and encourage people to take to their bikes. . Burn fat, not fuel I say!
Giant solar power station
Enforce a national marine park including the entire Great Barrier Reef and commit resources to renew it.
The Great Barrier Reef is under huge threat from bleaching and pollution, so spending the money (or a large portion of it) on ensuring that pollution from mining and farming is eliminated or greatly reduced.
Fill paddocks with solar panels instead. This has been done in other countries with huge success
$1 billion could go some small way to repatriating the sites already depleted by mining companies – and abandoned when the profit wasn’t enough.. The job creation generated from these projects in regional Australia would surely win votes!
Effective solutions for homelessness
A fast train from Sydney to Melbourne , hospitals, education, renewable energies.
Help indigenous rangers protect our parks and waterways