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Dear Leader of the Opposition and Shadow Environment Minister,

I’m contacting you both as a Queenslander who is deeply concerned about the future of the Great Barrier Reef and wants to see it protected into the future.

Over the summer, Queensland communities have been hit by extreme storms, cyclones and flooding, with the road to Cape Tribulation still cut off. Now the Great Barrier Reef is experiencing its fifth mass bleaching event in eight years. This is devastating for coastal communities and the tourism industry.

Climate change is driving the frequency and intensity of these extreme weather events and fuelling marine heatwaves that are causing coral reefs to bleach. As Australia’s most disaster-prone state, Queensland should be taking serious action on climate change for the safety of our communities, nature and economy.

I fully support that Queensland is moving to legislate a 75% by 2035 emission reduction target and 80% by 2035 renewable energy target. These targets will help protect Queensland’s exceptional places, support jobs that rely on healthy environments, and provide certainty for Queenslanders and businesses that love and rely on the Great Barrier Reef.

I ask that your party also support these targets by voting yes to the Queensland Clean Economy Jobs Bill 2024 and the Energy (Renewable Transformation and Jobs) Bill 2023, and then providing a plan of how you will get there.

The Great Barrier Reef is home to thousands of species, including many threatened species such as dugongs, turtles and whales, worth more than $6.4 billion annually to our economy, and more than 64,000 regional Queenslanders depend on the Great Barrier Reef for employment.

As the highest greenhouse gas emitter in the country, Queensland can lead the way in driving down emissions and transitioning to a clean economy. This will not only safeguard the future of the Great Barrier Reef and the tourism and fishing industries that rely on it, but also create thousands of jobs in the process.

Matching these targets will demonstrate real leadership and illustrate that Queensland is open for business as the world shifts to a low-carbon economy.

This is the critical decade for the Great Barrier Reef. Queensland needs strong climate action to protect our Reef and the thousands of regional jobs it supports.

Thank you,

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Extreme weather, made worse by climate change, has already hurt our communities and wildlife this summer.

Some areas in Far North Queensland are still cut off from flooding in December.

Now a marine heatwave is driving the 5th mass bleaching event in our Great Barrier Reef in eight years.

Coral reefs around the world are declining due to increasing ocean temperatures – putting our Reef at risk along with the 64,000 jobs that rely on it.

The Queensland Government has set clear targets to slash climate pollution and create thousands of new jobs in renewable energy for our regional communities.

These are:

Legislate a new improved emissions reduction target of 75% by 2035 and
Legislate renewables 70% by 2032 and 80% 2035 Renewable Energy Targets.

This is an incredible leap forward in climate action and will help to protect our Reef.

But to lock in this progress we need to make sure that the new targets are supported by all political parties.

Decision makers need to hear that community members like you support stronger climate targets.

Call on State Opposition Leader David Crisafulli and Shadow Minister for Environment and the Great Barrier Reef Sam O’Connor, to vote YES to the climate and clean energy targets when they come before parliament, and provide their plan of how they will implement them.

Can you send an email to Queensland's Opposition Leader, David Crisafulli, and Shadow Environment Minister, Sam O'Connor, asking them to vote YES to guarantee climate action for Queensland?

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