Australian Artists Turn Out at Iconic Melbourne Venue to Send Message to Politicians

Music fans and both political parties are being urged to make climate change a priority at this year's Federal Election.

In support of Green Music Australia's recently-launched ‘No Music on a Dead Planet’ campaign, names like Missy Higgins, Sam Teskey, Mark Seymour, Paul Dempsey and Angie McMahon appeared at Melbourne's Corner Hotel on Tuesday (April 15th) to support the unveiling of a billboard which doubles as a petition for music fans to vote climate change this upcoming federal election.

"I’m here today to stand alongside Green Music because we are trying to encourage people to vote climate this election," Higgins said.

"Climate is the most important thing right now and it’s urgent that we send a message to our politicians that this is something that’s really important to us.”

Green Music Australia claims that over 50 music festivals have been cancelled in Australia due to extreme weather since 2015, while the extreme weather events in Queensland and New South Wales has seen over 20 gigs and festivals cancelled or postponed, including Green Day, Alexisonfire and New Bloom Festival.

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“It’s absolutely heartwarming to see the music scene uniting around this cause, because we know what’s at stake," Green Music Australia CEO Berish Bilander said.

"Artists are doing it tough with gigs cancelled left right and centre, and together we are calling on people to vote in a way that will make sure our music scene can exist for decades and decades to come."

A series of custom tees redesigning the classic NMOADP logo were also launched last month following collaboration with a number of Australian acts.

Green Music Australia Chair, Tracee Hutchison, added: “This event is our way of bringing together musicians and music workers whose livelihoods are really under threat from extreme climate. This federal election, we’re asking people to think about climate when they make that decision at the ballot box.”