A swathe of Australian actors, musicians, athletes, and bushfire survivors are urging the prime minister to sever ties with the coal industry and embrace clean energy to ease the climate crisis and prevent a repeat of this summer’s unprecedented bushfires.
The campaign was created and produced by Monster Children Creative and also encourages people to get involved and record their own Dear Scotty video by visiting dearscotty.com.
Greenpeace Australia Pacific senior campaigner Nathaniel Pelle said the “Dear Scotty” intervention video offered the Prime Minister a chance to redeem himself by acting in the interests of bushfire victims, the wider Australian community.
“For too long, the Federal response to climate change has been dragged down by the dead hand of the fossil fuel lobby, which has far too much influence on Australian politics,” Pelle said.
“People have lost their lives, families have lost their homes, and koalas have burnt alive all over Australia. In our cities, our kids have at times been forced to breathe the most polluted air in the world. Everyone is feeling the impacts of this coal-fueled bushfire crisis and we need Scott Morrison to act for their future and the future of all Australians.”
