By Lucy Manne, 350 Australia CEO This week I joined the 350 Australia team as CEO, and I couldn’t be more excited to be joining this movement! I wanted to tell you a little about myself, and also to ask for your ideas and support as we plan our next steps.

By Glen Klatovsky, 350 Australia Campaigns Manager The weeks following the re-election of the Morrison government were seen as a vindication of those who want to exploit the Galilee Basin, one of the world’s last great untouched coal basins, starting with the proposed Adani mega coal mine. The Queensland government, elected just 18 months before largely due to its anti-Adani stance, capitulated and fast-tracked environmental approvals for Adani.

Help fight the climate crisis and support positive solutions like solar energy. Find out more about community solar from 350 Australia’s partner, ShineHub; or host a screening of Accelerate in your community to raise awareness of how we can take climate action. Alex Georgiou co-founded Shinehub in 2016 to help make solar power more accessible for people.

Find out more about getting started with 350 Australia, starting a 350 local climate action group, or running a council divestment campaign. After years working on international campaigns and lobbying politicians, Anna wondered if there was more she could do. “I got a little sick of telling politicians to take action, and felt that being an influencer wasn’t enough,” Anna said.

By Glen Klatovsky 27 May – 3 June is National Reconciliation Week, with the theme ‘Grounded in Truth – Walk Together with Courage’. Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced his new cabinet line-up, with Ken Wyatt MP making history as the first Indigenous Australian to be a member of Cabinet and Indigenous Affairs Minister.