Labor Environment Action Network

Labor Environment Action Network is part of the Australian Labor Party

"Albo on LEAN"

LEAN Australia - Labor Environment Action Network July 29, 2020.

Albo and other MPs this afternoon came out in defence of LEAN and Labor’s commitment to the environment, saying “the resources spokesman’s criticisms of the party’s environmental wing are “conspiracy theories” and “just wrong”.” Thanks to the parliamentary party for defending the efforts of rank and file Labor people who care for equality and a safe planet.

"Amid internal divisions on environmental policy, the Opposition Leader dismissed Mr Fitzgibbon’s concerns that the “fundamentalist” positions of the Labor Environment Action Network (LEAN) were a barrier to the party’s electoral success.

“It’s just wrong. LEAN is made up of people who are committed to environmental action,” Mr Albanese said in Sydney on Wednesday. “The Labor Party is the party that should be very proud and are proud of everything from the Daintree being saved, the Franklin being saved, the concern around climate change, concern around the Great Barrier Reef, the concern around Kakadu National Park.”"

LEAN on "Albo"

LEAN Australia - Labor Environment Action Network

LEAN's response to Albo's speech today on building bi-partisan pathways on climate action:

"Felicity Wade, national co-convenor of the Labor Environment Action Network, tells The Monthly Today that Albanese is trying to progress action on climate change by negotiating towards some form of mechanism in the electricity sector that provides investment certainty as well as emissions reduction. “Albo is saying, ‘Let’s sort out that mechanism and we can ramp it up when we’re in government.’ He has said nothing to suggest Labor won’t have its own interim targets, and LEAN will work hard to ensure they are ambitious,” says Wade.

“We have all got less purist about climate policy over the years. What we most need is a workable mechanism – policy elegance was ditched on this years ago! Getting a bipartisan emissions reduction mechanism in place would be a huge positive step in Australian climate politics. Today Albo has endorsed a whole bunch of things LEAN supports: initiatives to invest heavily into the renewable energy sector, restoring ARENA funding, banning nuclear power and having an ability to scale up our emission reduction targets when we can. We’re not huge fans of wasting taxpayer funds on carbon capture and storage but it’s not a ‘die in a ditch’ issue.” "

Leadership

• National Co-convenor, Felicity Wade
• National Co-convenor, John Della Bosca
• National Secretary, Frances Perkins
• National Campaign Organiser, Louise Crawford
• National Campaign Organiser, Sean Kellett

STATE/TERRITORY/LOCAL branches

• LEAN Queensland Peter Casey
• LEAN NSW Jaden Harris
• LEAN Capital Region Sally Somi
• LEAN Victoria Nick Withers
• LEAN Tasmania Martyn Summers
• LEAN WA Andrei Buters
• LEAN SA James Johnston
• LEAN NT Rowan Hayward
• LEAN FNQ (Cairns) Ann Kreger
• LEAN Gold Coast Josh Lyons
• LEAN Darling Downs Gillian Pechey
• LEAN Sunshine Coast & Wide Bay Thomas Whitton
• LEAN Townsville David Cassells
• LEAN Bundaberg & Coral Coast Michael Johnson
• LEAN Far South Coast NSW Frances Perkins
• LEAN Western Sydney Caroline Staples
• LEAN Kiama TBC
• LEAN Hunter Tim Lang
• LEAN Inner West Frank Breen
• LEAN Shire South Maryanne Stuart
• LEAN North Coast Asren Pugh
• LEAN Central Coast Joy Cooper
• LEAN Northern Beaches Tom Webster
• LEAN Gippsland Wendy Castles
• LEAN Mornington Peninsula Kerry Macdonald
• LEAN Bendigo and Goldfields Nick Withers

CRUNCH TIME

CRUNCH TIME conference.

Day One – Wednesday 22nd April 2009.

Reality and policy on climate change

• John Connor, The Climate Institute
• Dr Gabrielle Kuiper, Labor Environment Action Network
• Facilitator – Julius Roe