Page MP Kevin Hogan didn’t make an appearance this morning when 22 Knitting Nannas Against Gas (KNAG) and their friends knitted a protest outside his Molesworth Street office.

Spokesnanna Louise Somerville said while the nannas knitted a brighter future for the planet – without a gas-led recovery - a camera person from ABC’s Compass program filmed them.

“When we went inside to put the heat on Mr Hogan and present him with a letter, his staff wouldn’t let the camera man come in - so it couldn’t be filmed,” she said.

“Lots of people honked horns as they drove past. If anyone made negative comments, we told them renewables is the way to go fort he future, not gas.”

The protest was part of a week long ‘Fund Our Future Not Gas’ action of knitting nannas up and down the coast.

“It’s about keeping the issue of tackling climate change and renewables future in the limelight,” Nanna Louise said.

“We don’t want our kids and grandkids to be left in climate upheaval and the economic global cost it brings.

“We object to the Federal government plans for a gas led recovery which keeps us all on a fossil fuel trajectory.

“We also want to remind Mr Hogan that the national regulator, the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO), does not support a gas-led recovery.

“A whopping $12 billion in taxes is given every year to the fossil fuel sector in subsidies, approximately $468 for every Australian.

“We want the Morrison Government to address the threat that climate change poses to the people of Australia, and the planet.”

Nanna Louise said Australia's annual average temperature has already increased by 1.44 degrees Celsius since 1910.

“Rising temperatures spell disaster for people and wildlife in coastal and bushfire prone areas and threatens our food and water security,” she said.

“Throughout the pandemic the Commonwealth Government responded to science and cooperated with other tiers of government to act in the best interests of the Australian people.

“For that the Nannas thank them. Nannas now urge the government to again be led by science, innovation and education and to urgently develop a plan to transition away from fossil fuels.

“Climate scientists have recorded rising global temperatures, rising sea levels and more extreme weather events.

“These occurrences are set to become more frequent and more extreme.

“Burning fossil fuels leads to increased greenhouse gases. Renewables have proven to be the cheapest way to reduce emissions.

"We demand a targeted commitment to attain Net Zero Emissions by 2030 and a detailed road map to get there.

“We need a positive and bright future for our children and grandchildren. 

“Scott Morrison and his ministers have a responsibility to protect the Australian people from Climate Change which includes not spending the kiddies’ inheritance on gas.”