Since the 2019/20 Black Summer bushfires, our governments have spent over $40 billion in public money supporting the continued expansion of the fossil fuel industry through subsidies and tax breaks.
Every minute, over governments hand over $21,143 to the fossil fuel industry.
It's time our governments stopped handing our public money to the industries most responsible for climate change and stopped approving new coal and gas projects. It's time to invest in a safe climate.
Sign the petition urging the Australian government to stop all subsidies and tax breaks for fossil fuels and end new climate-heating coal and gas projects and infrastructure in Australia.
Petition demands
"To the Prime Minister, Energy Minister, Environment Minister and Treasurer:
End coal and gas in Australia to ramp up climate action. That means:
- This decade, replacing existing coal, gas and uranium exports with a renewable-powered exports industry and climate-positive careers for communities
- No new coal and gas projects or infrastructure
- Stop spending public money on the fossil fuel industry – fund climate solutions instead."
A responsible government would use our public money to make our communities and wildlife thrive, not fund the industries damaging our climate. The Albanese Government has already taken some steps to advance climate ambition in Australia, but to truly slash climate pollution it must immediately end public funding for fossil fuels.
In the 2022-23 financial year, government subsidies for fossil fuels cost Australians $11.1 billion.
If we stop spending public money on fossil fuels now, we can help prevent even more damaging projects in the future. Currently, Australia has 114 new coal and gas projects, like Woodside's Scarborough project, in the pipeline and if the projects were to go ahead they would almost double our current domestic emissions. And that’s not including any emissions from exporting the coal and gas overseas!
For a safe climate future, let’s instead invest our public money into renewable exports that can replace coal and gas, slash pollution and create climate-positive jobs that future-proof our economy.
Sign the petition and call on our government to step up for climate action.
Latest Supporters
Coal and gas cause irreversible damage to our climate and impact everyone in the world. We need to re-direct these subsidies to renewables instead ASAP. It’s a no-brainer. We should have done it ages ago.
I want to end the waste of tax payer dollars being used to provide subsidies to fossil fuel companies. If these companies cannot be profitable without taxpayer dollars, they should not be propped up. Fossil fuel companies are making super profits, so why are we giving subsidies instead of charging a super profits tax?
I wish australia to be an advanced and civilised nation.. hence we should stop selling most fossil fuels
I want Australia to end coal and gas because these industries damage our climate irrevocably
We can do better.. don’t be like the last mob and give in to the multinationals Stop coal mining..
I want Australia to transition to renewables in a responsible way which includes stopping subsidies to coal and gas and give them to responsible green energy projects
I want Australia to end coal and gas because we cant possibly meet our climate change commitments unless we do.
I believe in renewables !!
I want Australia to end Coal and Gas because I want a future for our planet.
We have commited far too much carbon to the skies already. Are we mad? We need to put a price on carbon pollution, not subsidise it.
We are in an accelerating climate and ecological emergency and need to end fossil fuels now.
End these totally destructive and appalling industries. Global threat is exponential.
Australia must be seen by the world to be on the front foot to end the use of these climate destroying fuels. We can’t expect the rest of the world only to do the heavy lifting.
Iour very smalllanet cannot take unlimted growth….. and energy consumption
I want subsidies to fossil fuels to end immediately. It is outrageous that these super wealthy companies are subsidised to bring on climate change disaster