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Published on Thursday, 23 June 2016 02:30
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Dear Paov --

We're sincerely sorry if you received this email and are not in Australia. Something went wrong with our system and meant the email went out to more people than it was supposed to.

Many apologies

Charlie

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Paov --

The Pollution Free Politics Push has begun! Around the country, hundreds of Australians are taking bold and powerful action to hold their politicians to account for the damage they are doing to our climate and our future.

Just three days in and with the election looming, already we’ve seen everyday people take extraordinary action at electorate offices from coast to coast. Here’s a taster:

On Tuesday, mothers, GPs, priests, students and retirees peacefully occupied Resources and Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg’s electorate office, whilst outside community members re-branded the pro-fossil fuels Minister’s office a climate crime scene.

On Wednesday, over 50 Perth residents queued-in at Finance Minister Mathias... Cormann’s office whilst over a dozen people occupied the foyer to call-out Cormann’s pro-coal, anti-climate action agenda. The entire office was locked down in response.

Then today, in the nation’s capital, dozens of Canberrans blocked the entrance to climate blocker Senator Zed Seselja’s office and dropped a banner from above to highlight his climate inaction, as passers-by watched on.

Inspired? If you’re in Brisbane or Sydney, it’s not too late to join more actions like this:

  • Tomorrow Brisbane residents will take a powerful message to climate action blocker Peter Dutton’s office - click here to join them.
  • And on Saturday, Sydney-siders will stand with Pacific Islanders as they kayak from Western Sydney to Malcolm Turnbull’s home where they’ll call on him to keep fossil fuels in the ground, for good - click here to join them.

The consequences of our politicians’ obstructionism and denial cannot be understated. You can see it in the mass coral bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef, the tightened chests of children who’ve grown up surrounded by coal, the contaminated water of farmers whose land has been drilled by gas companies, the homes struck down by devastating fires spurned by the heat of a thousand mines and wells.

When our politicians fail us, we must step up and find the audacity to set things straight. And what better way to do that in the tradition of peace and non-violence, with our bodies and hearts, taking our messages direct to the places and spaces frequented by those dragging us towards a miserable future.

A minority of people are holding us back but a majority of people are ready to do something about it. It’s a beautiful thing and we thank all of you for being a part of it.

We’ll be in touch next week with a full wrap of the week’s events. In the meantime, you can follow the updates live at:

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