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Better Futures Australia
Inside: First 100 Days priorities, Reconciliation Week, new Climate Champions, plus updates shaping Australia’s zero-emissions future
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Better Futures Australia

Dear Friend,

May’s cooler mornings signal a new season, and a new four-year window to work together across communities, councils, businesses and investment—to shift Australia firmly onto a 1.5 °C-aligned path. Better Futures Australia is turning this season’s fresh energy into action with three headline goals for the new Government’s first 100 days:

  1. Secure a science-aligned 2035 target in Australia’s updated NDC.
  2. Deliver credible sector plans that create good jobs, lower energy bills and restore nature.
  3. Back a Pacific-partnered, high-integrity COP31 and phase out fossil-fuel subsidies.

Below you’ll find the latest on how we’re getting there and how you can get involved.

🌏 ON OUR AGENDA 🌏

/// FIRST 100 DAYS ADVOCACY

Early decisions set the ambition ceiling—raising it later is tough.

  • The Climate Change Authority’s advice to government on Australia's updated 2035 emissions target is due in coming weeks; three new directors (incl. the Chief Scientist) are in place.
  • BFA's business, investor and local government groups are readying cross-sector delegations set to start in July, timed with Parliament’s return.
  • Budget follow-up: BFA members are updating briefings for Treasury on transport, housing retrofits, strong environment laws and nature funding, sustainable finance and redirection of subsidies ahead of the October MYEFO.
  • Australia’s COP31 bid must be backed by solid domestic progress—our narrative work is under way.

/// BFA IN BRIEF

  • New Climate Champions – Welcome Lincoln Ingravalle and Kal Glanznig to the network.
  • New Signatories – PIDCOCK and Whip-Smart Co have added their names to the Declaration—great to have them aboard!
  • Q2 Multi-Sector Roundtable – On 30 April we heard updates from our five sector working groups plus InfluenceMap, Australian Council of Trade Unions, Beyond Zero Emissions, ACOSS and others. Snap polls showed the 2035 NDC update is the top collaboration priority.

Read the summary or watch the 55-min replay on YouTube.

📅 UPCOMING EVENTS & ACTIVITIES 📅

Australia

  • 27 May–3 June | National Reconciliation Week — theme “Bridging Now to Next” invites us to look ahead and continue to push forward towards a more united and respectful nation as past lessons guide us. Use Reconciliation Australia’s resources to spark conversations. → Learn more
  • 18 June | nominations close Clean Energy Council Awards. Eligible projects will have commenced implementation and achieved outcomes within the past 12 months. → Learn more
  • National Renewables in Agriculture Conference
    📅 July 23, Bendigo l Find out more

Global:

  • G7 Summit: Canada
    📅 June 15–17 | Kananaskis, Alberta | Find out more

  • London Climate Action Week
    📅 June 21–29 | Find out more

Have an event to share? Reach us at [email protected].

🌱BE PART OF THE SOLUTION 🌱

/// OPEN CONSULTATIONS

  • Productivity Commission – investing in cheaper, cleaner energy | Closes 6 June | More info
  • Better Energy Customer Experiences | Closes 6 June | More info
  • Victorian Energy Safety Review | Closes 10 June | More info
  • ACCU landfill-gas method exposure draft | Closes 12 June | More info
  • Draft 2025 Victorian Transmission Plan | Closes 24 June | More info
  • UN OHCHR – human-rights lens in Global Biodiversity Framework | Closes 30 June | More info
  • NSW Net Zero Commission consultation | Closes 11 July | More info

Stay informed on upcoming consultations via consult.dcceew.gov.au.

/// GET INVOLVED WITH BFA

🌱IN OUR NEWSFEED 🌱

/// REPORTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

  • AEMO Q1 2025 – Renewables at 43 % of NEM supply; coal output at record lows, emissions intensity down 4.4 %. Read more
  • Centre for Policy Development – New toolkit to help mid-tier businesses see the economic upsides of climate action. Read more
  • Clean Energy Regulator – First year of the re-tooled Safeguard Mechanism: net industrial emissions down 1.9 %, 8.3 m Safeguard credits issued. Read more
  • EnergyAustralia – Issues public apology: offsets “don’t undo fossil-fuel harms”; shifts focus to direct reductions. Read more
  • Farmers for Climate Action – Extreme weather is already lifting grocery prices; calls for deeper 2030 cuts, bigger adaptation funding and a national food strategy. Read more
  • Fortescue – Proposes 2.1 GW Pilbara wind farm to power green iron; would cut 1.5 Mt CO₂-e annually. Read more
  • ILSC First Nations Clean-Energy Guide – 43 % of new projects will be on Indigenous estate; policy reform needed to share benefits. Read more
  • Let Me Be Frank – Working with apartment and strata communities – A handbook for local governments. Read more
  • Superpower Institute – Green Iron Plan shows Australia can corner low-carbon steel. Read more
  • UNGC – Australians voted for climate action — it’s a defining opportunity for business. Read more

Thank you for your continued support and collaboration. Together we can bridge now to next—towards a zero-emissions, climate-resilient Australia.

Warm regards,

The BFA Team - Lisa, Jordan, Ciara, and Quimby
betterfutures.org.au

We respect and honour Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and their Elders past and present and are committed to creating better futures together.
https://www.betterfutures.org.au/
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