Kate Chaney (Curtin, Independent) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I'm constantly in awe of the passion, energy and expertise of volunteers in my electorate. My office is currently working with community volunteers to create a Curtin pathway to net zero plan. More than 50 people have come forward to join one or more of our five working groups addressing the main sources of emissions in Curtin. We're lucky to have a diverse range of skills on these working groups, with engineers, policymakers, community organisers and many more collaborating to do two things. Each group is writing part of the Curtin net zero plan, laying out what households can do and our policy asks at a federal, state and local level. Each is also working on a community project to encourage local action in Curtin.

The transport group will monitor air quality at school drop-off to encourage local behaviour change and support for better active transport policy. The energy and building groups are developing a practical one-stop shop website to help households electrify their appliances and retrofit for energy efficiency. The greening group is organising native verge makeovers on a few verges along green corridor roots in Curtin. And the waste group is building community engagement in Plastic Free July and will take on a weekly plastic challenge to build support for new plastics policies. Tapping into community wisdom to drive both grassroots and national policy change on environment and climate change is just one way we're doing politics differently in Curtin.