Check out all the latest Meet Your Member news in our first campaign update – filmed at AYCC HQ in Melbourne.
Climate voice from Abbott’s seat
April 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
AYCC Director Ellen Sandell and AYCC member Jaden Harris spoke to reporters at the anti-carbon tax rally in Canberra. Read the coverage from the Business Spectator here. Sydney student Jaden Harris has come to Canberra to deliver a message to his local member who also happens to be the federal opposition leader. “The young people [...]
Meet Your Member Launch Video!
April 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
AYCC just launched Meet Your Member at Parliament House where we met the Prime Minister, Leader of the Opposition and Deputy Leader of the Greens. Watch the video to find out more about the campaign that is connecting young people with every single MP and Senator in the country!
Habitat Australia Magazine, ACF
April 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Our Co-founder Amanda was on the front cover of Habitat Australia Magazine! She was featured in the article “The Climate Generation: our best last chance for change”. Click here to see the full issue.
AYCC Volunteers ask Abbott the tough questions
April 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment
AYCC volunteers took the opportunity to ask Tony Abbott some tough questions about his climate policy at a town hall forum in Armidale NSW. Read the coverage from the SMH here. Tony Abbott has warned young people concerned about climate change not to be ”conned” into thinking that putting a price on carbon is the [...]
Perth Joins National Wave of Climate Action!
March 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Perth is the latest city to join the wave of positive climate action rallies happening around the country. More than 350 people came together on March 23rd to support putting a price on pollution and unlocking renewable energy. Great music, inspiring guest speakers, an awesome human sign and plenty of media coverage made it a [...]
Abbott addresses anti-carbon tax rally
March 23, 2011 By Leave a Comment
In response to Tony Abbott’s anti-carbon tax rally, AYCC Director Ellen Sandell took the opportunity to speak to PM Julia Gillard in Canberra. Read the coverage from ABC News here. Around 3,000 people, mostly bussed from Sydney at the urging of a commercial radio announcer, heard Mr Abbott urge Ms Gillard to go to an [...]
MEDIA RELEASE: Polluter rallies dwarfed by support for price on pollution
March 23, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Polluter rallies dwarfed by community support for a price on pollution For immediate release 23rd March 2010 Young people from the Australian Youth Climate Coalition have met with Prime Minister Gillard, Greens Deputy Leader Christine Milne, and will meet with Opposition Leader Tony Abbott to express their support for putting a price on pollution, and [...]
The Game Changers
March 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment
AYCC Co-founder Amanda McKenzie is described by the Weekend Australian Magazine as one of the “game changers” in this interesting take on youth and the future of politics. Generation Y tends to get a bad rap. Narcissistic, hedonistic, lacking in drive and discipline, today’s young adults are thought to be so plugged in to their [...]
We’ve Won the First Round!
March 17, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Two weeks ago we heard that shock-jocks and right-wing politicians had organised a rally to say no to action on climate change. Immediately, AYCC volunteers, with our friends at GetUp, the ACTU and others, stepped in to organise a rally of our own. Last Saturday, 8,000 people came together in Melbourne in support of a price on pollution. Just 200 people turned up at the shock jocks rally.
