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
Duplication of rail link in south east old – get freight and commuters off the roads …. environment and stress levels improve!
Free dental care for all Australians.
Hospital funding, more nurses and doctors.
How about adding that 1 billion to the Public Schools funding so we can provide a more educated workforce for all the jobs that need to done to make this a CLEVER COUNTRY.
Give a $2000 bonus to the next 500,000 people who install a new solar setup or storage battery.
Provide 50 awards of $20M each to Australian businesses or researchers who demonstrate a reproducible efficiency gain of 0.5% in a solar panel and release their methods to the world without patent.
Invest in a series of solar farms and storage facilities for Solar/wind farms, across Australia to create jobs. Renewable’s are the future!
Investment in renewable energy development.
Put a billion dollars into alternative energy research like batteries, hydrogen, CSIRO etc.
We need 8 billion to build enough houses for the homeless, some of these people are victims of domestic violence others are the aged who can’t find affordable rentals, spend it on the people who desperately need it.
Education and health care
The money should be used to provide solar power to our remote communities and train the Aboriginal people to maintain them.
hire some company like Thiess to dig & transport coal in Australia for Australia by Aussies ==use Australian companies not low life overseas ones
Support all our hospitals to employ more of their own staff on night shifts. Stop high patient to nurse ratios.
set up solar/tidal power plants, invest in better public transport(not highways for more cars), subsidised personal solar power/solar hot water/grey water/black water systems for homes.
Invest in sustainable agriculture, protect our precious waterways and wildlife, public transport
Saving our Great Barrier Reef.
Accomodation for victims of domestic violence in all our cities and larger towns. Children should not be living on the street.
And help for REAL small business … The mum and Dad operators that used to employ 2 or 3 local people … Shops, allied health businesses, small mechanical repair shops.
Under road tunnels that allow wildlife to cross without the threat of being hit by cars.
Could be better spent on renewable energy, health educaton and Indigenous issues
Renewable energy
Innovative industries
Research
Invest the NAIF funds in a series of solar farms across northern Australia to create jobs and provide power to northern Australian communities.
Education aged care hospitals
Reef care and regeneration programmes underpinned by supporting better agriculture and farming practices. To minimise toxic run offs
Access to affordable education for all, as well as affordable public health. Invest in fighting poverty and homelessness in Australia. Invest in sustainable agriculture. Invest in protecting the environment. Support Land rights not mines that damage the environment. Stop investing in Adani .