News — Fusion Party

Andrea Leong · 5 December 2022

Usually we'd send one newsletter a month, but this one was a little earlier (29th Nov) as we wanted to remind everyone of the November 30th deadline for suggesting a new party name.

Andrea Leong · 16 November 2022

Read on for details of Fusion's party name review, dates for the diary, and our submission on burning biomass as renewable energy!

Welcome to the new committee!
Party name review
Events:
- Online (Zoom) catchup – Wed 16 Nov
- Social meetups – Sat 27 Nov (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth)
- Monthly Meeting – Wed 30 Nov
Submission to the RET consultation
We're on Mastodon!

Submission on biomass in the RET consultation paper

Andrea Leong · 9 November 2022

UPDATE DECEMBER 2022: We did it – energy from burning native forest biomass no longer counts as "renewable"!

As this regulatory change has been made, we are publishing our submission here, even though the committee has not yet done so.

Download this submission on the Native forest biomass in the Renewable Energy Target: consultation paper (PDF 250 KB).

The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water recently sought comments on whether native forest biomass should be counted as "renewable" for the purpose of the Renewable Energy Target.

It should not.

Below are some of the major points from our submission, which might one day be published on the department's website.

Andrea Leong · 13 October 2022

Read on for some dates for the diary, and details of Fusion's submission to the parliamentary Inquiry into the 2022 federal election:

Discord catchup – Wed 19 Oct
AGM – Sun 23 Oct
Next Monthly Meeting – Wed 26 Oct
Submission to the 2022 election inquiry

Submission on the 2022 Federal Election

Andrea Leong · 12 October 2022

Download this submission to the Inquiry into the 2022 federal election (PDF 257 KB).

After each federal election, a parliamentary committee reviews the conduct of the election and calls for public submissions into how elections could be improved. We're serious about accountable government and participatory democracy.

This is Fusion's first submission to a parliamentary inquiry! If you would like to be involved with the next one, please email [email protected].

Our submission is number 304 published on the parliament house website. The parliamentary committee will publish their report(s) there too.

Andrea Leong · 15 September 2022

There's so much going on right now!

Discord catchup – Wed 21 Sep
Victorian campaign update
Melbourne meetup – Sat 24 Sep
QLD news and Brisbane meetup – Sat 24 Sep
Next Monthly Meeting – Wed 28 Sep
Other events of interest
Annual General Meeting – Sun 23 Oct

2022 Annual General Meeting

Andrea Leong · 14 September 2022

Fusion's AGM is is an opportunity to find out what the party has been up to, vote on proposed changes to the association's constitution and, my favourite part, vote for the members who will lead the organisation for the next year.

Andrea Leong · 22 August 2022

In this newsletter:

Victorian state election update
Next Monthly Meeting – Wed 31 Aug
Perth social meetup
Events of interest

Andrea Leong · 24 July 2022

Our July newsletter contains updates on:

Victorian state election announcement
Next Monthly Meeting - Wed 27 July
New ways to get involved

Andrea Leong · 7 June 2022

Welcome to Fusion's first regular newsletter! This monthly newsletter will keep you up to date with campaigns, news and events for our growing party.

Fusion will also hold monthly online meetings for members and supporters. There will be in-person meetings too.

The first of these meetings will be on Thursday 16th June at 7pm AEST – read on for details.