Explore our plan
- Protecting our precious water resources
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Australia is the driest populated continent on Earth, and yet we use more water per person than most other countries in the world.
While the Greens were able to secure critical protections for the Murray Darling Basin in balance of power, there is currently no federal regulation of other precious water resources, and all over the country, we see this abused, with big cotton and fracking companies being handed out dangerous amounts of water for free.
As the climate crisis worsens, strengthening Australia’s water security is critical for the future of our ecosystems, communities, and economies, which are so reliant on it.
The Greens' plan:
- Re-establish and expand the remit of the National Water Commission to regulate and safeguard our precious water resources.
- Spend $300 million installing greywater recycling systems in Australian households and community spaces to save precious water and reduce household costs.
- Protect Our Environment
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Our environment is in crisis. It has been critically underfunded for decades, and as a result, too many of our iconic species are facing extinction, and ecosystems continue to be degraded beyond repair.
Pollution, deforestation, and corporate greed are pushing our natural world to collapse. We are in the middle of a climate and extinction emergency, yet the major parties have shown time and time again that they cannot stand up to the polluters and loggers who want to keep destroying our environment.
Only the Greens can be trusted to deliver what nature needs. To protect our environment and save our wildlife, we must restore our landscape, protect our native forests, and clean up our rivers
The Greens' plan:
- To protect the Great Australian Bight, ban oil and gas drilling and nominate the area for a World Heritage listing.
- Establish a Land and Sea Country Commissioner, an independent First Nations voice to guide the protection and management of Australia’s environment and its interlinked Indigenous cultural heritage values.
- Fund a national SLATS program to create a nationwide, reliable data set on deforestation and land clearing in Australia.
- Review conservation taxes to help foster private sector and landholder participation in conservation and restoration.
- Re-establish and expand the remit of the National Water Commission to regulate and safeguard our precious water resources.
More information on this policy initiative will be released soon.