Brisbane residents want climate action on 3rd anniversary of 2022 floods

In 2022, severe rain and flooding inundated more than 20,000 homes in Southeast Queensland and many more areas in our region, and moved across the border into New South Wales.

Today Queenslanders gathered along Coronation Drive and Regatta Wharf in Milton, Brisbane, to show solidarity and remembrance for the impacted victims and communities, and to raise local awareness of the need for action on climate.

Concerned locals were visible along the busy commuter route, which flooded in 2022, to point out that after 3 years, neither the Australian Government nor the federal opposition has a plan to adequately reduce climate pollution or make communities more resilient to further extreme weather events.

In 2022, many who suffered from these floods hoped the devastation would send shockwaves through all levels of government, and force decisive climate policy. And yet, three years on, Australia remains one of the world’s highest polluters per capita, with fossil fuel exports contributing three times as much to global warming as our domestic emissions.

We want to amplify the calls of everyone gathered along Coronation Drive in Milton today: all parties and candidates must commit to reducing emissions, building new, green industries, holding polluters accountable, and protecting communities from climate impacts.

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