Holmes a Court, who is an investor in renewable energy and a director of the Smart Energy Council, heads Climate 200, which is supporting various individuals standing as independent candidates in next year's election. He was the founding chairman of Australia's first community-owned wind farm, Hepburn Wind, and is one of four children of Robert Holmes Court and his wife Janet. Australians are generally a positive people. They brandish lumps of coal in Parliament and Australians have had a gutful. Clive Palmer, chairman of the United Australia Party, prepares to speak at the National Press Club in Canberra, Australia, on April 7. Drug smuggler caught by sniffer dog sentenced to 14 years for importing 4.91 Million. And sometimes both. Disgruntled small-l liberals. Youve got a common policy platform that your candidates are adopting. It is the job of the journalists to ask question even you didnt like it. David Crowe: Next question is from James Morrow. For example, few realise the role that Australia plays in the electric vehicle revolution. Where do I start? These candidates are not working in cahoots. Climate 200 is not a party in any way. So, I dont see any advantage in us registering, but basically in no way are we a party. Were so lucky to live in Australia to be here with so much potential and opportunity at our fingertips. We dont choose candidates. Dylan John Horridge. Simon has a Masters in Smug, the result of the enormous pile accumulated by his (late) billionaire corporate-raider daddy, Robert. Thank you, Simon, for your address. James Morrow: But if it is split, you know, its underneath these thresholds. Youre encouraging people to donate to you so you can support candidates wholl take greater action on climate change. I know of three Climate 200 donors who have received phone calls from the Federal Treasurer, when hes supposed to be helping get this country out of our COVID recession, three of them have been monitored by the Treasurer. Simon Holmes a Court with todays Press Club address. Weve seen the defunding of the Australian National Audit Office, the organisation that uncovered the Leppington Triangle disgrace, sports rorts, carpark rorts, and just yesterday the Safer Community Fund rorts. Simon Holmes a Court: The donation is named, right? Kooyong 200 example. I want to challenge you on the idea in your speech that youre not a political party. His main source of income is from his career as a businessman. He was the founding chairman of Australia's first. Robert Holmes Court, in full Michael Robert Hamilton Holmes Court, (born July 27, 1937, Johannesburg, S. Afr.died Sept. 2, 1990, Heytesbury, near Perth, Western Australia ), Australian entrepreneur nicknamed "the Great Acquirer" for his billion-dollar raids on major companies in England and Australia. I wish it were possible for great candidates like Zoe Daniel, Dr Monique Brian, Allegra Spender, Kylea Tink, Dr Sophie Scamps, to get elected with evidence-based policy and people power alone, as as democracy should be. Lets start with climate change. To the rest of Australia, please get behind these candidates: back them. One of my favorite contemporary thinkers is Lawrence Lessig at the Harvard Law School. Weve failed to invest in mineral refinery and battery cell production. PO Box 6184, Kingston, ACT 2604, +61 2 6121 2199 | simon holmes court @simonahac Oct 22, 2022 Replying to @IhaveabluehatMP @D_Melissa2 and 4 others block abusers quickly, habitual liars once they've proven incapable of engaging in good faith, and relish those you disagree with who value quality debate. Our values are simple, not a policy platform, deliberately not specific. She said when Scott Morrison said that climate policy would not be set in the wine bars and dinner parties of the inner cities, she said that she knew that they were talking about her. AFP Commissioner Reece Kershaw colluded with Rupert Murdoch and Bruce Simon Holmes a Court: We do we do apply them. 2020-10-15 . The Judge overseeing this case is Daniel C. Lough. Our technical producer is Atticus Bastow. Im going to take a very quick second one. If they ask us, you know, that theyre looking for advice on who they can talk to about XYZ, well pass that on. And nor should they, because it is consistent with the destruction of the Great Barrier Reef and the 64,000 full-time jobs that it supports which is more than are employed in the coal mining sector. Australia election 2022: Simon Holmes a Court issues VERY salty apology Voters increasingly believe that the major parties no longer represent them, and theyre leaving the major parties in droves. This is a spontaneous, autonomous and entirely individual set of responses across the country to community dissatisfaction with politics as usual. So I respect someone who wants to give $5000 and says they want it to be to be private. A science based response to climate change, ending corruption in politics, and real progress on gender equity and the safety of women. Simon Holmes a Court: In order to hide all the donation, right? Every member has access to more than $750,000 per term for what is euphemistically called office and communications budgets. These are often used for campaigning. Climate 200, as Ive said, I am not the leader of this movement. Here it is. Some of them have the same colour because frankly, there arent that many t-shirt colours left. Simon Holmes Court is Senior Advisor at the University of Melbourne's Climate and Energy College and Director of the Smart Energy Council. Clean energy investor Simon Holmes Court set up Climate 200 organisation The group wants to raise $20million to fund independent candidates in 2022 It is vocal on three main issues: climate. Here are the real Australians that you wanted. Simon Holmes Court on the success of the teal independents | ABC News I would like it to be $1000 so its a level playing field. Now, we have long advocated root and branch reform of electoral funding laws, lower disclosure thresholds, and real-time disclosure. Holmes Court on News Corp: 'It was vitriolic; it was so nasty' - Crikey Pablo Venales SBS World News: Thank you for your address. 7am is a daily show from The Monthly and The Saturday Paper. If there seems to be a pattern developing of donations being split? An opportunity like no other. Were in a hung Parliament on election night and youre saying, well, it doesnt matter who the independents back on climate change to actually. Hes the founder of the Climate 200 group backing independent candidates at the coming election. Wouldnt it be great to have Parliament filled with better people? But as he so clearly showed, money alone wont get you there. So instead of sitting at home complaining about lying politicians or corrupted media, theres a job for everyone in the movement. Please welcome Simon Holmes a Court for his address today. This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. A Collection of Interesting, Important, and Controversial Perspectives Largely Excluded from the American Mainstream Media Greg Brown: Given youve just talked about climate change, weve got one party has a formal target of 26 to 28 percent, 2030. And this transformation definitely is a race, because were not the only country thats endowed with abundant, cheap, clean energy and the minerals needed for the 21st century. Youre active in climate policy space, Simon, you have been for years. One is Helen Haines, another one is the governments, another one is the Labor Partys. Unfortunately, Vida lost her five campaigns as an independent, but Id like to think, if she were campaigning today, this community independents movement would have her back. Now, at the moment, there are three models for an integrity commission currently in debate. All rights reserved. aka Holmes Simon. There are many ways that we hack at the branches for change in our society. The stereotype of the old woman is anxious, useless, and a burden or a nasty, bitter old witch. Simon Holmes Court net worth is estimated at around $150 million. The community independents are disaggregating the services that are required to run a campaign. +61 2 6125 4367, Dr Falko Ueckerdt Theres the great work of former press gallery journalist Margo Kingston with her No Fibs website that pops up at every election and a relentless commitment to covering campaigns from the grassroots up. [CDATA[// >