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    January 23, 2025
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    Emergency Leaders for Climate Action welcomes third round release of the Disaster Ready Fund

    The former fire and emergency service leaders strongly support initiatives such as the DRF aimed at better preparing and protecting Australians from current and future climate-fuelled […]
    November 27, 2024
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    Emergency leaders say nuclear reactors pose unnecessary risk

    Greg Mullins, speaking on behalf of 38 former fire and emergency service chiefs from across Australia said: “Our firefighters are on the frontlines of escalating climate […]
    October 16, 2024
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    Unnatural disasters ground zero: Report warns of Queensland’s bushfire future

    The “State of Queensland: Disaster Ground Zero” report comes as the Spring 2024 Seasonal Bushfire Outlook shows a fire risk for large parts of far north Queensland, including […]
    June 20, 2024
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    Calamity Hotspots: Climate disasters force Aussies to move a quarter of a million times

    A new report by Emergency Leaders for Climate Action, ‘Too close to home’ recommends crucial steps the Australian Government needs to take to better protect communities […]
    February 7, 2024
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    On the 15th anniversary of Black Saturday, survivors call for communities everywhere to support the shift to renewable energy

    Fifteen years after the catastrophic Black Saturday bushfires in regional Victoria, which killed 173 people and destroyed more than 2000 homes, bushfire survivors and former emergency […]
    September 6, 2023
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    Emergency Leaders for Climate Action supports writing YES to the Voice

    Emergency Leaders for Climate Action wholeheartedly supports writing YES at the referendum to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the Constitution through a Voice […]
    February 22, 2023
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    Multi-year La Niña exposes Australia to ‘power-keg’ grassfire conditions, former fire chiefs warn

    AFTER YEARS OF floods and heavy rains, Australian authorities should prepare for widespread grass fires on a scale never-before experienced, the Climate Council and Emergency Leaders […]
    November 28, 2022
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    ELCA calls for an end to fossil fuels to fund disaster response ahead of tough summer ahead

    The Climate Council and ELCA’s The great deluge: Australia’s new era of unnatural disasters report warns that an escalation of ‘unnatural disasters’ that are leaving less time for […]
    November 28, 2022
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    ELCA calls for an end to fossil fuels to fund disaster response ahead of tough summer ahead

    The Climate Council and ELCA’s The great deluge: Australia’s new era of unnatural disasters report warns that an escalation of ‘unnatural disasters’ that are leaving less time for […]