RALLY: Coal-fired power station funding on the line

Tuesday, 31 January 2012

At 12.30pm tomorrow, Wednesday, 1 February, hundreds of people will rally on the Steps of Parliament House, Spring St Melbourne to call on the Baillieu and Gillard Governments to withdraw their $150 million of taxpayer grants to a proposed new coal-fired power station called HRL. The federal funding of $100 million is currently under review by the Gillard Government.

The rally will be hosted by Environment Victoria, Greenpeace and Quit Coal and is part of a major campaign to stop the proposed new coal-fired power station for Victoria from going ahead. Read more about it here

What: Rally to stop the funding of HRL, a proposed new coal-fired power station
When: 12.30pm – 1.30pm, Wednesday, 1 February 2012
Where: Steps of Parliament House, Spring St Melbourne
Who: Federal MPs Mr. Kelvin Thomson (ALP), Mr. Adam Bandt (Greens), hundreds of protestors, environment organisations

Speakers at the rally will include:

• Mr. Kelvin Thomson, ALP MP for the federal electorate of Wills
• Mr. Adam Bandt, Greens MP for the federal electorate of Melbourne
• Victoria McKenzie-McHarg, Safe Climate Campaigner for Environment Victoria
• Julien Vincent, Energy and Climate Campaigner for Greenpeace

Images:

• Federal politicians from across party lines speaking on the need for the government funding to be withdrawn
• Hundreds of protestors with placards
• Positive messages about renewable energy instead of coal power

For further information or media comment:
Victoria McKenzie-McHarg, Environment Victoria: 0428 480 409
Shaun Murray, Quit Coal: 0402 337 077
Julien Vincent, Greenpeace: 0419 179 529