Calls for Crisafulli to protect Queenslanders on world #ShowYourStripes Day

Brisbane’s iconic bridges will light up in Queensland’s climate stripe colours for the global #ShowYourStripes Day this Sunday, to underscore the urgent need for collective action to protect our environment and our way of life.

Only six months into this year, Queensland has experienced catastrophic flooding events that devastated communities across the state, our biodiversity and climate crisis pushed more animals and plants onto the endangered list including the now vulnerable Irwin turtle, and an ex-Tropical Cyclone shattered the South East.

At the same time, the State Government has greenlit new fossil fuel projects, revoked approval for renewable projects, slowed work on Renewable Energy Zones and considered keeping our ageing and unreliable coal power stations operating past the end of their technical lives.

Queensland Conservation Council will join concerned community members this Sunday for Show Your Stripes day to demand climate action from Premier David Crisafulli. Climate change is already hurting Queensland communities pockets through higher costs such as groceries and insurance, and this is the critical decade to take action and prevent the worst impacts of global heating.

Story Bridge colours will show the increase in Queensland's temperatures under climate change from 1858 to now.
Image: #ShowYourStripes action in Brisbane, 2024

QCC Climate Lead Jenny Brown said

Lighting up the Story Bridge in Queensland’s climate stripe colours is a powerful reminder we need our governments to act now to stop the acceleration of climate change.

The abrupt change from blue to red indicates an alarming escalation in heat spikes across the state in recent years, driven by out-of-control climate change. This shows climate change is happening now, and it’s already impacting Queenslanders with devastating results.

Communities across Queensland are experiencing an increase in flooding, bushfires and other climate disasters. We are only halfway through 2025 and have already seen communities in Far North Queensland experience catastrophic flooding, the South East devastated by ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred, shortly followed by the largest flood event in the state’s history in Western Queensland.

We can turn that around, but we have to act now. Premier Crisafulli must stand by Queensland’s emissions reduction targets, not just for the climate, but because it will cost Queenslanders less in the long run. The transition is already underway, and the real risk is failing to plan for it. Without strong leadership, communities will bear the rising costs of climate change, whether it’s flood-damaged roads, soaring insurance premiums, or higher food prices.

More than 100,000 cattle were swept away in the recent Western Queensland floods, that has a direct impact on the cost of groceries and the livelihoods of rural families. Leadership means helping communities navigate this transition, not pretending we can delay it.

It’s unacceptable that our leaders continue to roll out the red carpet for coal and gas billionaires , while our communities face soaring bills, worsening disasters, and a climate that’s becoming more dangerous every summer.

Today, as Brisbane residents see the impact of climate change writ large on the Story Bridge, we are asking them to speak up and help bring our climate colours back into the blue.

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