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
Invest in solar energy, a source of sustainable, renewable energy. With proper investment and development solar energy can be cheaper than coal generated energy and is better for the planet. Solar provides jobs too!
A fast train for the public, To link up Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne and Brisbane. Stop the talk and do it
Rehabilitating the Great Barrier Reef and surrounding environment.
Health and school funding
Spend it on public housing that is affordable,
The student loan repayment to start at 60 g
fund Australian innovations so that they don’t have to go overseas.
Create jobs and apprenticeships for young people to give them a worthwhile life – give them a purpose so they don’t give in to drugs and alcohol as compensation.
Invest in sustainable energy, environmental protection and education – the best investment for our future!
More money for education in primary schools.
Classes are too big and children with learning disabilities need more 1 to 1 attention. If a class has 29 children at last 5/6 of these children are missing out on basic learning skills!
De centralis electricity generation .All future buildings domestic and industrial need to incorporate their own power generation renewable sources only with battery storage .If we insist on designing buildings to be efficient in heat and cooling and water collection with waste disposal on site from now on in we will diminish the costs into the future .
Idea 2
In an effort to protect against drought fire and flood .
Re grass all of our pas rural land with indigenous grass .They are good animal protein have far better fire rating .once established are self sustaining and do not require fertilisers .
All rural dams need to be covered or filled in and stock water needs to be stored in tanks and supplied to pasture in under ground piping rather than open channels .We can not afford evaporation of our water resource.
*retraining forestry & mining workers for the alternate fuel industry *set up efficient recycling centres and seed funding for establishing manufacturing from recycled by-product *release of biological control for feral cats and funding innoculations for pensioner’s domestic cats *establishing more nature reserves and secure fencing for large properties to re-establish endangered plants and animals * free contraception and abortion on demand nationally *education and health service upgrades for remote communities
1 billion must go to Education
Three smart suggestions.
1. Build a solar plant.
2. Build a giant wind farm
3. Support the start up of the Australian Hemp industry till is self sustaining. .
Renewable energy. Education, development of infrastructure, climate science…
Not original ideas….
Australia should be leading the way in renewable energy and climate science. Bring back our scientists. Consider the long term consequences.
Listen to the climate scientists you have sacked. There is a better way. Sustainable and profitable.
Leave it in the ground.
Invest the 1B in the reef because it’s going to loose world heritage status when it’s dead
Solar farms! Renewable energy systems.!
put the money towards renewables and lead the world in this technology
Idea1
Upgrade our roads with bridges over roads which currently flood.
Idea2
Have container homes for
Homeless people situated in areas no longer used for factories or vacant land that is simply held by the crown.
Idea3
Container homes to be ready to be moved into disaster areas following floods,fire etc.
These container homes can be 1, 2, or 3 bedrooms with the option that those in the disaster area could purchase 1 for use in place of destroyed home.
Build homes and public amenities designed for and by indigenous communies. Include Solar and/or wind power and water storage /wells to allow small scale framing.
Spend the money on health and education. If you keep spending it on coal instead, the costs of health will keep rising and the education levels will keep falling.
Invest in renewable energies, health care, education.
Put the money into clean energy – solar and wind. Better funding for public hospitals.
- invest in the next generation of ideas
- small grants for individuals and community groups to research and propose local projects – support these hubs of not-for-profit endeavors to be shared-research and development initiatives which value quality of life and environmental responsibility through participation .
More money for NewStart , Age Pension, Hospitals, Schools, Renewal Energy infrastructure
Public housing, reduced university fees, the health system and schools
Build solar plant, food bowl top end
One Billion dollars could build many homes for the low income earners who can’t find affordable rentals and have to wait 8-10 years to get government housing. That’s if they ever get it…
I’m disgusted that you would even think about giving away $1 billion to an already give company to wreak our reef and waterways.
The money could be spent so much better in creating better an safer roads, Education or hospitals and our medical or aged care systems. .
Their are many areas within Australia that need money but you rather spend it to stuff up or reef which is already struggling to survive. But it is also a provider of tourism the fishing industry and much more.