In June news, EOFY fundraiser, election actions, Nuclear-Free Art Auction, ANFA travel support, Chornobyl 40 years on, protecting Snow Gum country campaign, worst of Woodside decommissioning, Transport Justice rally, Act on Climate facilitates The Adaptation Game, Vic budget band-aids, infrastructure at risk, plus more!
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Our state election campaign launch actions
Thanks to everyone who came along to our campaign launch on June 4. Here are some simple actions you can take to be involved:
- Have a look at our campaign landing page to see our policy, ways to get involved,and additional resources
- Sign our open letter to candidates and parties here
- Let us know if you’d like to get involved in our rapid response group, stalls group, or action group email Cam at [email protected]
- Join us at our next event – the Transport Justice for the West rally which will happen outside parliament on Thursday June 18 details here.
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Nuclear Free collective Art Auction Fundraiser 85 Seconds to Midnight
Are you an artist? We would love your creative contributions at this exhibition! We welcome artworks from all disciplines and encourage you to consider the theme. Submissions of art works are open until 15 June. Register your work here.
You are invited to the 2026 art auction, a vital fundraising event that sustains the work of the Nuclear Free collective, and a wonderful occasion to bring our community together to support more creativity and less radioactivity! Full details & RSVP here.
Remembrance vigil of Chornobyl 40 years on
In remembrance of the Chornobyl catastrophe, the Nuclear Free Collective held a vigil on the steps of St Paul's Cathedral on April 27, 2026. We lit 40 handmade candles as we extended our solidarity and sympathy to many thousands of victims; past, present and future. Event photos and listen back to 3CR Radioactive show.
Transport Support for Nuclear-Affected First Nations Communities
Please support representatives from nuclear-affected First Nations communities to travel to the annual gathering of the Australian Nuclear Free Alliance (ANFA) donate here.
Transport Justice for the West rally at Parliament 18 June
Join the Sustainable Cities collective and the award winning Mt Atkinson Advocacy Group for a rally at parliament calling for Transport Justice for Melbourne's West! Read more & rego.
Protecting Snow Gum country online campaign launch 17 June
A campaign plan to gain federal (EPBC) listing of snow gums as threatened. Snow gum woodlands and forests are a key vegetation community across the higher mountain country of south eastern Australia and the highlands of lutruwita / Tasmania. There are 6 subspecies of Snow Gum, but the most widespread is Eucalyptus pauciflora subsp. pauciflora.
While they are largely protected, a range of threats remain that impact on snow gums (including expansion of ski resorts, invasive species, and impacts from recreation activities). There are also two threatening processes are causing an existential threat to snow gum communities: the spread of dieback and more frequent and intense fires. Please join us on Wednesday June 17 for the launch of our new campaign to gain protection of snow gums through federal listing. More info & online launch rego.
Act on Climate Community Resilience Mapping & The Adaptation Game
Can playing a board game work to exercise our climate problem-solving abilities? This was the question that the members of Act on Climate sought to answer at the Collingwood library on Saturday the 18th of April. Our collective was joined by enthusiastic community members to play The Adaptation Game (TAG): A game that leads its players through a potential future for the City of Yarra, encouraging communal approaches in navigating destructive climate shocks. Read more & get involved.
Act on Climate now facilitates The Adaptation Game so if you are keen reach out to collective organiser Kimmi to enquire about our facilitating TAG or Community Resilience Mapping in your area at e: [email protected] (see full details above).
Warning signs: Victorian infrastructure at risk
Infrastructure Victoria has warned that at least $57 billion worth of infrastructure is at risk from climate disasters like bushfires, floods and extreme heat. With these events intensifying and becoming more frequent as the climate crisis worsens, we put it to the government to take urgent action. There should be a substantial commitment by the Victorian Government to support climate adaptation to protect our environment, our infrastructure and thus Victorians from future risk rather than from damage that has already occurred. Read more.
Victorian budget 2026-2027 response: a budget of band aids
Disasters are no longer isolated emergencies. They will shape and be shaped by the climate we live in. Community-led projects and grassroots initiatives must be centred in this evolving climate to enact and entrench real and lasting change. We called on the Victorian government to introduce a permanent fund for community-led adaptation projects, yet no such fund was introduced. Their objectives are clear: to provide safety and affordability to some, while neglecting the long-term implications of climate change and disasters on others. Every year that climate change remains unaddressed will worsen the compounding effects, especially for those most at risk in the community. Read more.
The worst of Woodside
In May 2025 the news broke that Woodside, during decommissioning operations at the Minerva gas field off the Otway Coast of Victoria, had jettisoned hundreds of kilograms of plastic waste into the Southern Ocean. Beachcombers had been finding pieces of saddle clamps, clips that hold bundles of pipelines together, washed up on southwestern beaches since early February. Woodside did not report the scale of the plastic pollution to the environmental regulator until mid April, by which time at least one-hundred and sixty saddle clamp components had been set adrift. Fully aware of the issue, Woodside nonetheless continued operations at the Minerva field until May 2, releasing another four hundred plastic components into the sea. On the 25th of July, the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) instructed the company to cease all decommissioning work until they had amended the offending engineering issues. Read more.
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