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title: Greens reveal $7.8 million plan for climate impact home grants
description: The Greens are set to announce a $7.8 billion property disaster resilience plan that offers homeowners up to $20,000 in matching grants to raise or flood-proof their houses, as survivors of the recent east coast flooding disaster still await their assistance grants.
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# Greens reveal $7.8 million plan for climate impact home grants
Wednesday, 18 May 2022
The Greens are set to announce a $7.8 billion property disaster resilience plan that offers homeowners up to $20,000 in matching grants to raise or flood-proof their houses, as survivors of the recent east coast flooding disaster still await their assistance grants.
Healthcare workers have penned a letter to major AGL shareholders urging them to vote against the proposed demerger, with concerns around the health impacts of a delayed transition off dirty fossil fuels.
And the human rights, identity, and dignity of Pacific Islanders who may be forced to migrate due to climate change are laid out in a new report which looks at how law amendments could prevent statelessness and nationality loss from climate migration.
[Greens to unveil $7.8 billion federal election home resilience package for flood-prone regions](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-05-18/greens-unveil-disaster-policy-in-flood-hit-brisbane/101074120)
The federal Greens have announced flood resilience grants of up to $20,000 for homeowners as part of a major $7.8 billion election policy.
[Healthcare workers plead with AGL shareholders 'vote no' to demerger](https://www.investordaily.com.au/markets/51358-healthcare-workers-plead-with-agl-shareholders-vote-no-to-demerger)
Healthcare workers have urged major AGL shareholders including global asset managers Blackrock and Vanguard and super funds HESTA and Aware Super to vote against the energy company’s proposed demerger over public health concerns.
[Report highlights risk of climate-induced statelessness and nationality loss in the Pacific](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-05-17/climate-induced-statelessness-and-nationality-loss/101070740)
The Future of Nationality in the Pacific report looks at how law amendments could prevent statelessness and nationality loss in the context of climate change.
[Cannon-Brookes questions solvency of AGL’s coal spinoff](https://reneweconomy.com.au/cannon-brookes-questions-solvency-of-agls-coal-spinoff/)
Software billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes has questioned the future solvency of AGL Energy’s proposed coal spin-off company – Accel Energy – in a hard-hitting letter to shareholders urging them to reject the planned demerger.
[Gas giants paying zero income tax on Australian operations, new data shows](https://reneweconomy.com.au/gas-giants-paying-zero-income-tax-on-australian-operations-new-data-shows/)
As the gas and oil industry gathered in Brisbane for the annual APPEA summit, new data has revealed that a handful of the biggest miners of Australian gas have paid no income tax for the better part of the past decade.
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