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ABC SE (starting from 35:20 sec mark to 46:20), 8 April 2026

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SHASA’s EuroBEV congratulates AMH MORUYA electric vehicle dealership on the sale of 80 new electric vehicles in the month of March 2026.

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The Southcoast Health and Sustainability Alliance (SHASA) run a Moruya Food Program where we collect food from Aldi and Coles in Batemans Bay and from Woolworths Moruya. Each Monday we pack the food and distribute to families in need. This was all done by volunteers using their own vehicles.

Then two years ago SHASA secured a grant from Fire to Flourish to purchase an electric van we call EVAN. EVAN is a Nissan ENV200 commercial van. It has excellent storage capacity and the boys can easily slide the crates of food in and out. It’s an example of a local story of adaptation.

Our van drivers, Glenn and Bryce use the electric van, EVAN, to pick up food from Aldi three times a week. They deliver food on a Monday to SHASA’s Moruya Food Program and the Anglican Parish Red Door Cafe. On Wednesday and Thursdays they deliver food to the Southern Life Church Pantry.

EVAN is charged off a residential rooftop solar system which was purchased with the Fire to Flourish Grant. Micro Energy Systems was able to reuse solar panels collected by Repurposing for Resilience. By charging EVAN off the electricity created by the sun, running costs are extremely low.

By thinking ahead and buying EVAN we have insulated these Moruya Food Charities from the crippling costs of rising fuel prices. The 30 March ABC Article Food charities appeal for federal government help as fuel prices burden volunteers and budgets – ABC News highlights the adverse impact the dependence on petrol and diesel vehicles is having on food charities like SecondBite, OzHarvest, Foodbank and Meals on Wheels.

SHASA’s decision to go electric 2 years ago is a nice little local precedent for any other organisations who make regular deliveries that might be considering making the transition to an electric van.

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Like many others, you may be watching the escalating conflict in Iran and neighbouring countries. You may be feeling worried, sad or uncertain – the human cost of war is devastating. 
At the same time, we’re facing urgent pressures here at home on energy availability and prices. Rightfully, many people are wondering: what can we do to protect Australia, or ourselves? 

It’s an important moment to remember that action is an antidote to anxiety.¹
Many in our community are already taking back control of their energy: switching their gas cooktop for induction, using active and public transport, and opting for electric cars and appliances.

Please take a minute to share what you’re doing through this short form. We’ll use your responses to help inform a practical guide we’re creating to share with our community to help others take action, too. 

Share the steps you’re taking to use less oil and gas in your day-to-day life.
Decision makers are weighing up what measures to take in response to this war.
So it’s important that we all understand what this war means for energy and climate. Here’s a simple way to explain it to others:

1. When global fuel prices jump, Australians pay.
We saw this in 2022 after Russia invaded Ukraine, when average power bills in Australia rose by around $400 a year and petrol prices surged.²Now, our petrol and diesel prices are through the roof again, and it’s not a coincidence. It’s how our energy system was designed.

2. Why does this keep happening?
A huge share of the world’s oil and gas moves through a small number of global ‘choke points’ – like the Strait of Hormuz between Iran and Oman.
When those are disrupted, supply tightens and prices rise globally.³
We’re not immune, because Australia buys and sells oil and gas on the global market. In fact, we import more than 90% of our refined oil products, like petrol and diesel.⁴ 
That makes us vulnerable. 

3. If less oil and gas is flowing… isn’t that good for climate?
In reality, short-term disruptions don’t reduce overall demand – they only drive price spikes and instability. 
Perversely, moments like these can lead to calls from the industry for more fossil fuel expansion, not less.⁵
That’s what we’re fighting against. Because getting off fossil fuels altogether – and scaling up renewables faster – is a true energy security solution, and climate solution. 

4. More fossil fuels don’t protect us, they keep us exposed.
Australia is among the largest gas exporters in the world, but we export 80% of it and our domestic prices are still tied to global markets.
That’s why Australians can pay such high prices, even when we produce plenty. More gas doesn’t stop us competing with the rest of the world for our own energy. 

5. What actually protects us?
The renewable energy, storage and electrification that we’re already rolling out at home. 
Solar and wind can’t be held hostage, or cut off by overseas conflict. We have abundant natural resources to tap into. Once transport is electrified, we’ll no longer rely on imported petrol and diesel, and all-electric homes shift us off gas.
Doubling down on fossil fuels today will only make us more vulnerable tomorrow. We already have cleaner, cheaper, reliable renewable energy, storage and electrification options to power our communities and get around.⁶

We just need more of them, faster. 

I know moments like this can feel overwhelming.
But finding ways to take back control in your own day-to-day life, and having a clear way of explaining what’s happening to others, can help. 
Being part of a community that is helping to cut through the crap and confusion with facts and determination.
With gratitude, Dinah Arndt Head of Strategic Communications, Climate Council.

P.S. Check out our full explainer on why clean energy is our best defence against global fuel shocks. The faster Australia switches to renewables, the more protected Australians will be. 
P.P.S. You’re not alone if you’re feeling worried about everything that’s going on. But action is an antidote to anxiety. Fill in this short form to share one thing you’re doing to cut fossil fuel use – and we’ll include it in a practical guide for supporters.

References:
1. Climate Anxiety Toolkit – Climate Council
2. Power Games: Who’s driving high power bills? – Climate Council
3. Fuel Shock: Why clean energy is our best defence – Climate Council
4. Liquid Fuel Security Review – Department of Industry, Science, Energy & Resources
5. Gas Market Lessons from the 2022-2023 Energy Crisis – IEA
6. Power Surge: Renewable energy hits record high as coal splutters – Climate Council

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This edition has a focus on volunteering.

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Sweltering Cities has today released the findings of its 2026 Summer Survey (PDF), exposing a national health crisis driven by the rising cost of keeping cool.

With data from over 2,600 respondents across 766 postcodes, the report proves that for many Australians the high cost of staying cool is having serious physical and mental health impacts.

12 March 2026

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Nature Conservation Council NSW

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This edition has a focus on the impacts of heat.

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Please contact Kathryn Maxwell on 0467558645 or email contact.shasa@gmail.com

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The AEMC is proposing recovering poles and wires network costs through higher fixed daily charges and less through per-kilowatt-hour charges. That would mean higher unavoidable daily charges for everyone, lower usage charges, and electricity bills that barely change no matter how much energy you save or generate.

The AEMC is consulting on these changes right now. This is a crucial moment. Once fixed charges go up, they’re very hard to bring back down.

👉 Please add your voice before submissions close.

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Fossil fuel corporations are making climate change worse – and ordinary Australians are footing the bill. It’s not fair.

That’s why we’re calling on the Australian Government to make coal and gas corporations pay for the damage they cause. 

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ABC radio, 31 January 2026

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