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Climate Summit Media Coverage
Summary
39 clips10 Print13 Radio8 Online (excluding Climate Groups and eNGO coverage)7 TV1 WireAlmost all of the coverage was positive!
Wires
1. AAP
Sat 31 Jan 2009 12:29:57 PM
Fed: Push for "people power" on climate change
Hundreds have gathered in Canberra to organise some people power on climatechange.More than 500 people are attending a four-day summit to set out what Australiashould be doing on climate change .. and how to force more action fromgovernments.Summit co-organiser LOUISE MORRIS says this is about the people taking the powerback into their own hands on climate change .. because there's been no realgovernment action.She says more than 150 community groups have registered for Australia's ClimateAction Summit.It ends on Tuesday .. when parliament convenes for the year .. and summit memberswill try to link hands around Parliament House to draw attention to their campaign.
Print
2. The Age
 
Op-ed, David Spratt
Warming gets cold shoulder from Canberra
When representatives of community climate action groups from aroundAustralia gather in Canberra for a meeting this weekend, discussion willfocus on understanding how the RuddGovernmentgot climatepolicyso wrong, and what can be done in 2009.
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/warming-gets-cold-shoulder-from-canberra-20090128-7ryv.html?page=-1
3. The Barrier Daily Truth (Broken Hill)Plight of the Darling, Duo to have their say on river at climate change summit (seePDF)4. BMA (Canberra Street Press)The Bakery warm up for Climate Action
Also, tid-bit promoting action
5. The Chronicle (Canberra community paper)
Cindy Eiritz from Climate Action Canberra, front page with picture
6. Canberra Times
 Your planet needs you: today's everyday heroes' clarion call
31/01/09, Saturday Forum, Page 5By: Dave KarolyThere has been an important resurgence in the recognition of true heroes inour community due to two events this month. First was the award of theVictoria Cross to Trooper Mark Donaldson for his bravery under fire whensaving an injured soldier in Afghanistan.
7.
Courier MailProtests welcome MPs back to work
04/02/09, General News, Page 21By: Michael MadiganA DAY of protest greeted federal MPs as they returned to Canberra for thestart of the 2009 parliamentary year. Up to 500 environmentalists werecalling for more action on climate change.
8. Canberra TimesRally attacks emissions target
04/02/09, General News, Page 8By: James MassolaGREEN ANGER Climate change protesters surrounded Parliament Houseyesterday to rally against the Federal Government’s planned carbonemissions reductiontarget.
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Launceston Examiner Carbon target protest
04/02/09, General News, Page 7By: AAPHundreds of people surrounded Parliament House in Canberra to protestagainst the Rudd Government s planned carbon emissions reductiontarget
9. Daily Telegraph
 
Free ride to protest
03/02/09, General News, Page 12By: Joe Hildebrand And Rhett WatsonRatepayers cover costs A SYDNEY council is using a publicly bankrolledfund to send protesters to an anti-government rally in Canberra while at thesame time increasing its local rates.
10. The AgeEnvironment groups swing to Coalition
31/01/09, General News, Page 8By: Liz MinchinENVIRONMENT groups are set to launch new campaigns against theFederal Government on climate change, with some now backing theCoalition s attacks on the proposed emissions trading scheme.
11. Green Left WeeklyClimate action summit: demand a safe climate!Mel Barnes
3 December 2008On February 3, the first sitting day of federal parliament in 2009, thousands of climateprotesters will encircle Parliament House, peacefully demanding the government take realaction on climate change to ensure a safe climate future.http://www.greenleft.org.au/2008/777/40049
Radio
12. 2SER
Meg Ivory interviewed on 6 degrees
13. Radio Adelaide
Jenny Bain, Climate Action Adelaide Hills interviewed a week before summit
14. Canberra ABC 666
Friday 30 JanDimity Williams interviewed about Summit
15.
Radio National (Canberra)Breakfast (Early) - 2/02/2009 6:36 AMFran Kelly
Interview with Dimity Williams, Founding Member Families Facing ClimateChange, to discuss a weekend summit which discussed a draft climatechange campaign to be launched tomorrow in Canberra. Williams advisesover 150 climate action groups met, she outlines the key focus of thecampaign noting they will call for 100% renewable energy systems by 2010,she claims politicians are scientifically illiterate and also feels politicians needto embrace change. Williams says there is no excuse for politicians tobecome fully informed on climate change science, she outlines the rally to beconducted in Canberra tomorrow and outlines how she become involvedaction on Climate Change. Williams advises she is unable to attend the rally
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