Stephen Lockhart, an architectural technician from Port Macquarie, is one of 30 volunteers from all over Australia who will be travelling to Canberra next week ahead of the Senate vote on carbon price legislation to talk to Members of Parliament about the importance of putting a price on pollution.
The volunteers aim to meet with 50 to 70 MPs and staff on Monday, October 31.
The community delegates will urge Senators to pass the clean energy legislation and all MPs to make sure climate change remains high on the Government’s agenda in 2012. They will encourage MPs to urgently legislate the Clean Energy Finance Corporation, an essential measure to drive large-scale investment in renewable energy.
The 30 community delegates go to Parliament House after several months of volunteering in their communities — surveying the opinions of fellow constituents, letterboxing, holding stalls and public events.
The Senate is expected to vote on the Clean Energy Future bills in early November.
