Julie-Ann Campbell (Moreton, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

On the Friday just gone, I had the great privilege of meeting Parents for Climate in my electorate. I met with my constituent Kate Smolders, who lives just down the road from me in Chelmer. In 2022, in the flood, she had to evacuate her house with her children, a terrifying prospect and something that people in my electorate—whether it be in Oxley, in Yeronga, in Fairfield, in Corinda, in Graceville or in Sherwood—have had to do.

We know, when it comes to significant and serious weather events, that this is something that is driven by climate change, and Parents for Climate is a climate advocacy organisation for parents, carers, families and all who care about a safe future for our kids. It has 25,000 supporters, with supporters in every federal electorate in Australia. There are over 1,000 supporters in the Brisbane network alone and over 3,000 in Queensland. Their mission is to ensure that, when it comes to climate, we take it seriously and action is taken.

I am incredibly proud to be part of a Labor government that is investing in batteries, that has set the first target when it comes to warming and that has been working to get renewables to over 40 per cent of the grid. Parents for Climate are working to support strong targets but also strong, science aligned action, and science aligned action is what Labor has been doing when it comes to climate.