LaTrobe Valley: Click to learn how you can support the Latrobe Valley transition from coal to renewables while creating jobs and improving health. The Latrobe Valley is a Health Innovation Zone, but one of the biggest determinants of physical and mental health is financial security.Energy transition is happening now and the Valley needs a plan to ensure that workers, their families and the broader community thrive beyond coal. Air pollution from coal also affects people’s health in the Valley, which is another reason why we need to reduce pollution – find out more here.The Latrobe Valley Authority has done good work but they need more funding, and for longer, to create a full transition plan that protects the community. In Germany communities have been promised billions of Euros over many years to transition from coal to other industries.Click here to see a letter we’re drafting to the Victorian Government asking them to plan a transition that addresses poverty and improves health, and give your feedback
– Click here to sign a petition to extend the funding of the Latrobe Valley Authority
– Click here to RSVP for a magazine launch at the VRI, Traralgon on July 26th celebrating how community members are preparing for transition
– Click here to read about nearby transition work in South Gippsland (from https://web.archive.org/web/20210625013412/https://www.healthyfutures.net.au/latrobe
Lake Macquarie and Central Coast: (We will be hiring a new staff member to resume our transition work in the Hunter and Central Coast Regions of NSW in mid June – watch this space!)
Central Queensland: Click to learn how you can support Central Queensland to reduce pollution, improve health and plan for a sustainable future.
We’re starting work in Central Queensland to reduce the health impacts of air pollution and plan for a sustainable future. Our new Central Queensland campaigner is Fiona McWhirter, a nurse in Rockhampton.