Gympie and District Sustainability Alliance

27/10/2026

19/10/2026

https://www.makebigpolluterspay.org.au/petition

Coal, oil and gas corporations are responsible for 75% of Australia's climate pollution, but they're not contributing their fair share. They pay less tax than nurses.¹Instead, communities and governments in Australia and the Pacific are paying the price for climate change through increasing insuran...

13/10/2026

What do you do with your empties? 🍾

13/10/2026

Good news from the Gympie Council

10/10/2026

https://www.artberman.com/blog/ecomodernism-and-the-illusion-that-we-are-separate-from-nature/

Modern society has become increasingly liberated from nature. It’s sad that wildlife populations have declined 73% since 1970, but we really don’t need them to flourish. We could pave the Amazon and it wouldn’t affect human prosperity very much. Those were positions ecomodernist Alex Trembath ...

08/10/2026

Battery EV sales in Australia have taken off this year, reaching roughly triple the share of new car sales seen in 2025.
Battery EVs have also now outsold petrol cars for two months in a row.

And it doesn't stop there:
✅ More BEVs were sold in the first half of 2026 than the whole of 2025.
✅ The BEV share in September doubled in 2025, then doubled again in 2026.
✅ If we include hybrids, then "electrified" vehicles now represent half of all new vehicles sold in Australia.
This would have been hard to imagine just last year, but a few different factors have combined to drive this acceleration.

Fuel prices were the catalyst. The 2026 petrol and diesel price shock brought running cost savings into sharp focus. But what enabled the acceleration was cheaper models, more choice and much stronger competition - especially from Chinese brands.

The cheapest car in Australia right now - of any sort - is a BEV.

Two months doesn't prove BEVs will outsell petrol every month from here, and monthly car sales are volatile. But the broader 2026 trend is now very clear.
Gavin Mooney
Energy Transition Advisor via LinkedIn

17/09/2026

https://www.re-alliance.org.au/electrifying_regional_australia_report

This guide, jointly prepared with Farmers for Climate Action, gives small rural and regional businesses and farmers a practical introduction to electrification options – and how to work out which might be right for you.

15/09/2026

https://share.google/lNMCpvielEcMknrb8

The almost $100 million joint federal and state initiative has already improved energy efficiency across more than 15,000 social homes.

10/05/2026

Queensland is forging forward with renewable energy!!

Queensland is rapidly emerging as a powerhouse of clean energy, with wind, solar, and battery systems delivering record breaking output in April. Strong sunshine and rising wind generation pushed renewable production to new highs, while battery storage stepped in to support the grid during peak hours with unprecedented performance.

This surge had a direct impact on fossil fuels. Gas fired electricity, once a key backup for the grid, dropped to its lowest monthly level in more than 20 years across the National Electricity Market. As batteries and renewables handled more of the demand, the role of gas continued to shrink.⚡