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Media Alert for Monday – Community rally in Sydney calls on Bowen to fix Rewiring the Nation plan

Lighthouse Communications Group < 1 mins read

Community groups will deliver an explosive new report to the office of Minister for Climate Change and Energy, Chris Bowen, during a peaceful protest in Sydney on Monday.

The rally will be attended by community groups, an expert engineer, volunteer firefighters and independent politicians, calling for state and federal governments across the nation to take immediate action to fix the Rewiring the Nation plan and begin undergrounding new transmission infrastructure. The Government must act now to save wildlife, regional jobs, eliminate unnecessary bushfire risk and provide resilient renewable energy.

 

WHERE:

Sydney Commonwealth Parliament Offices, 1 Bligh St, Sydney, NSW 2000 (corner of O’Connell & Bent St)

WHEN:

Monday 9 October, 1:30pm

WHO:

  • RFS Fire Captain, Bill Kingwill, and volunteers
  • Engineering report co-author
  • Community group representatives
  • Dr Joe McGirr, MP, Independent Member for Wagga Wagga

Contact details:

Lighthouse
Terri Murphy    0439 140 392
Warwick Ponder   0408 410 593

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