Yarra Council has been offering meat dishes such as roast beef and casseroles to executives and councillors before its monthly meetings, despite encouraging residents to adopt a vegetarian diet to combat climate change.

‘Stop eating meat’ because of ‘climate emergency’ says the Yarra City Council, Melbourne Australia.
Hypocrites!

Before meeting, they feasted on roast beef!
Kinda reminds you of WEF’s one rule for you, one for us. Dictators! Commie/Marxists. https://t.co/nkAeCjMb7K

— Queen Bee 17 (@HoneyBeeBuzz17) July 11, 2024

Previously, councillors had the choice of beef, chicken, or lamb alongside vegetarian dishes before their Tuesday evening meetings. However, after inquiries from the media, the council announced that only plant-based meals will be served starting next month.

This move follows criticism from ratepayers who accused the council of hypocrisy. Adam Promnitz of the Yarra Residents Collective remarked:

“This council needs to go on a diet rather than setting the menu for everyone else. Yarra’s menu should be fixing the roads and drains.”

Greens Mayor Edward Crossland did not comment directly on the meat buffet, directing queries to the council’s media department.

Send the Melbourne Council a message meat eaters. https://t.co/klojojhJ5l pic.twitter.com/zRYg414ssw

— Darrell Cline (@Hydmon2019) July 11, 2024

The council recently passed its second Climate Emergency Plan, urging residents to adopt a vegetarian diet as part of its strategy to tackle the climate crisis.

1/2 Melbourne's Yarra Council is at it again. These hypocrites want the Yarra residents to eat no meat and would decree so, if they could. However, they serve chicken, beef etc to councillors and staff before monthly meetings. When asked by the media why this was so, they

— Andrew Mcnaught (@AndrewMcna12272) July 11, 2024

The 81-page Yarra City Council Climate Emergency Plan 2024-2030, which was unanimously approved, outlines various initiatives such as increasing cycling and scooter use by 20% by 2027 and by 40% by 2032. The plan calls for residents to move towards a vegetarian diet, use active and public transport, and divest from fossil fuel investments.