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
Support our Tertiary education system more so we can educate our own as opposed to importing 3rd world doctors who got the medical certificates out of a corn flakes box.
Spend it on getting better medical care and internet for rural Australians. These people are only the people who feed us..
Health and Education and towards resurecting the dying Great Barrier Reef for future generations.
Use the money for the community, shelters, education! Elderlies bring abused in nursing homes.
Animals especially , pass legislation for criminals go to jail ! 😡😡👊🏼
Please invest in clean energy infrastructure – we only have one earth.
Renewable energy, education, support our researchers develop or inventions
I would like to use $1 billion of public funds on mental health especially for victims of rape, sexual abuse and domestic violence
Housing, healthcare, education!!!!
Spend the money on renewable energy development so that we can reduce our environmental impacts and emissions! Australians are inventors and could use the money to fund new innovative products.
Upgrade cool energy ( not fossil fuels), health, education and all the social issues like good parenting and life skills. We need to be a better nation so we can look after our habitats environments and people.
You are a poor leader, just a flappy mouth we are all tired of.
Renewable energy, education, increasing the old age pension, increasing social security. There are so many things this money could be used for to help everyone!
affordable public housing
Improved Health Care would be a better idea
How about me getting to see a specialist instead of waiting 10 to 12 months for a visit because of hospitals being under funded. Fund more hospital services, and schools.
Please use this money towards renewable technology. There is great future and lots of jobs in renewables.
HOSPITALS .SCHOOLS .ROADS .INVESTMENT IN RENEWABLE ENERGIES. MEDICAL SCIENCE .ENVIRONMENT..OVERSEAS AID .AFFORDABLE HOUSING ,OUR FIRST PEOPLES HEALTH ,ANIMAL WELFARE.BETTER SUPPORTED LIVING CONDITIONS ,,,OUR VETS PSD …BETTER AIR ,BETTER PUBLIC TRANSPORT IN REGIONAL AREAS. MORE.HELP FOR OUR FARMERS .IN DROUGHT AND FLOOD TIMES ,,,,MORE HELP TO OUR CHARITIES PICKING UP WHAT governments don,t provide I could think of a million thing more but got a sore finger ,,,,,,
We need Technical schools for children so they can get jobs when they finish school
Subsidises to new projects like high rise agriculture or an agricultural revolution that monopolises on Australia’s knowhow in farming. Any state or Regional center in Australia can do this and secure our food supply long term, in addition to exporting top produce. Time to think outside the square to overcome seasonal disasters.
Run with the now legalized hemp industry and create new jobs in environmental regeneration of poor farming lands, at the same time making money from it.
Innovation – we need new industry. Lets not waste $1b propping up old worn out money guzzling, badly administered projects of any kind.
Alternative energy, healthcare, infrastructure, mental health, education, environmental protection, affordable social housing.
Use the money to promote tourism and in renewable energy.
One Billion Dollars of Taxpayers money should be spent on the people and NOT to a billionaire and certainly NOT to devastate our Great Barrier Reef. This government needs the Boot and asap.
Hospitals, Education, Security, The list is endless but how dare this PM even consider our money on this worthless piece of shit called Adani.
Solar powered transport systems
Upgrade medicare.
Assist pensions
Assist farmers
Invest in renewable energy
Better to spend that money on a way to protect the reef from ANY potential damage from dredging .. giant ships.. coal dredge silt waist. And employ the Youth in putting up huge screens, like scientists have suggested, that will stop coral bleaching. The income from tourist dollars will outway the coal mining scam . Nature first .. the importance of the reef is upmost and why not ask Sir David Attenborough for his opinion ???? Surly you trust and respect him ?
Alternative energy, healthcare, infrastructure, mental health, education, environmental protection, affordable social housing.