A response to the 2026/2027 Federal Budget by Act on Climate Collective Members August Wylynko and Kelly Bebendorf.

This time, we thought we’d give you a menu of actions to choose from. 

You choose, we act!

'The networks we rely on face a growing risk from natural disasters' (ABC). A response to Infrastructure Victoria's latest report 'Warning Signs' on the threat of 'natural disasters' to Victorian infrastructure by Act on Climate Collective Member Dave Robertson.

A response to the 2026/2027 Victorian Budget by Act on Climate Collective Members August Wylynko and Kelly Bebendorf.

The government budget is not a neutral document. We argue that if the government is able to spend billions of taxpayer dollars on defence, it should also be able to spend on climate disaster prevention and adaptation. By Act on Climate Collective Members Kelly Bebendorf and August Wylynko.

Can playing a board game work to exercise our climate problem-solving abilities? By Collective Member Lachlan Campbell.

A look into the complex, opaque web of tax, royalties and levies benefiting fossil fuel companies. By Act on Climate collective member, August Wylynko.

While other Australians celebrated Valentine’s Day in a more 'traditional' way, perhaps with chocolate and flowers, FoEM’s Act on Climate collective members celebrated a much deeper sense of connection at our first ever Collective Retreat. The retreat was held at Commonground, on the ancestral lands of the Taungurung People in Hilldene, Victoria. Nestled amongst the gum trees stand a collection of mudbrick dwellings dating back generations, in constant expansion and development. Yet Commonground’s vision, which is shared with Act on Climate, is timeless: a just, nonviolent and sustainable world.

On Wednesday, the 18th of February, the Act on Climate Collective co-hosted a screening of Floodland at Parliament House, a new documentary by filmmaker Jordan Giusti. The screening was attended by MP’s Sarah Mansfield and Rachel Payne, hosted by David Ettershank MP and with a foreword from the Minister for Climate Action, Lily D’Ambrosio MP.

The Victorian Government released its response to the Climate Resilience Inquiry report in early February 2026. The report included multiple recommendations for more funding; but in its reply, the Victorian Government has ignored this, stating that it is already funding adaptation.  

This is at odds with the Inquiry’s evidence, which showed significant financing gaps. And Victorian’s were loud in calling them out.

The Government’s response to this Inquiry missed an opportunity to back Victorians’ appeal for funding that would safeguard the state’s economic future, saving immense costs due to climate impacts down the line and, most importantly, saving Victorian lives.

🧑‍💻 Read more below on Act on Climate's response to the Government's response to the Resilience Inquiry. And read The Climate Change Exchange's take on the Government's response, which is a brilliant commentary on how there is little clarity about how it intends to systematically strengthen resilience, here: Victorian Government Response to Climate Resilience Inquiry short on equity and justice

📣 Take action now by emailing the Treasurer to tell them to not dismiss Victorians’ appeal for more funding to prepare for climate impacts and to adequately fund adaptation in this year’s Vic state budget through a Victorian Community Climate Adaptation Fund.