MURRUMBIDGEE

Your Traffic light Voting Guide to elect five members for the Electorate of Murrumbidgee will be available after September 25th. You can print the guide at home and take it to the polling booth to help steer your choices as you fill in the ballot paper. Alternatively you can access our advice on your mobile phone.

The team at Vote Climate One encourages all candidates to support the 3Rs and the Climate Rescue Accord to underpin any decisions in the ACT Assembly relating to action on the climate emergency.

If you have any information which may inform our candidate assessments please use our contact form at the bottom of this page or phone Rob on 0427 580803

Here is a mock-up of a Traffic Light Voting Guide for Murrumbidgee. The actual Murrumbidgee guide will be available on your electorate page for printing or viewing following the ballot draw on September 25th. In the meantime scroll down this page and check out the greenlight candidate profiles.

Green Light Candidates

Candidates who have committed to supporting the 3Rs and the Climate Rescue Accord are on the top of our list as exceptional Green Light Candidates.

Fiona Carrick

Fiona qualifies as an Outstanding Green Light Candidate.

I support the application of the 3Rs and the Climate Rescue Accord to inform, when relevant, our position and advocacy on legislation and policy.

Reduced greenhouse gas emissions

• electrification of transportation, heating and cooling systems, and a considered transition away from gas
  • noting that there are challenges in expanding the grid and storage to meet increasing demand from electrification and population growth

Climate Resilience Planning

• a review of whether Energy Efficiency Ratings (EERs) of dwellings as built meet the EERs claimed at design stage to ensure occupants enjoy comfort throughout the year and reduced energy costs.
• reduction of the heat island effect and flood risk, and provision of living infrastructure to improve people’s physical and mental health, by:
  • at least 30 percent tree canopy across the city, including residential areas
  • mandatory rules for permeable/planting area of at least 30 percent around new homes

Natural Environment

• the key elements that make Canberra a unique city – our networks of urban nature reserves, open spaces and streetscapes
• maintain mature trees with tree hollows to support biodiversity·naturalisation of Yarralumla Creek with planning to commence for the whole creek, with a focus on North Curtin and Athllon Drive
• environmental volunteers maintaining our urban open space and nature reserves
• resourcing for Southern ACT Catchment Group to manage the growth in groups looking after urban open spaces
• community education and incentive programs to assist residents identify and control weeds in verges and yards, including the successful Weed Swap program
• greater alignment between the plans and strategies dealing with the natural environment and the agencies administering them to avoid duplication of effort
• a biodiversity overlay/plan to detail how the various plans apply, identify the landscape elements to be retained (especially mature native trees) and projects where development contributions can be applied for habitat connectivity and district scale improvement projects like naturalisation of Yarralumla Creek.

Emma Davidson (Greens)

I’m your Greens MLA for Murrumbidgee. In 2024 I am excited to announce I will be running again to continue to represent our community

For almost 30 years I have called the suburbs of Murrumbidgee my home. I love this electorate for its mix of everything Canberra has to offer: built heritage and new development, nature parks and beautiful green spaces, and incredible nature reserves like Red Hill.

I’ve spent much of my career fighting for Women’s rights, working in social research and advocacy at the Women’s Centre for Health matters, at the Equality Rights alliance, and as Convenor of the Women’s Electoral Lobby. In addition, I’ve managed online communications for the Australian Medical Association, been Director of Information Management at the Navy, worked in private sector software development, owned and managed a small retail business, and spent seven years working at Centrelink.

My time as a member of Woden Valley Community Council and Secretary at the Pearce Community Centre has taught me that we have to secure the right infrastructure for our communities as the population grows and the climate changes.  This includes schools, healthcare, sports, and arts facilities and a highly effective and accessible public transport network, as well as universal access to safe, secure, sustainable and affordable housing.

Since 2020 It’s been my honour to serve as a Minister in the ACT Government, fighting for vulnerable populations in Disability, Youth Justice, Population Health, Corrections, Mental Health and more. We made history to elect 6 Greens MLAs last election, and we’ve shown since then that pressure works. But there’s still so much work to do. That’s why I’m proud to be standing for re-election as your MLA for Murrumbidgee

Harini Rangarajan (Greens)

I was born in Chennai India, with my family splitting our time between there and Canberra until finally settling down in Rivett in 2018. Growing up in India I witnessed dire economic inequality and its consequences in the form of natural disasters and poverty. That drove me to protest against climate change and against predatory organisations desecrating indigenous customs in India, causes which I champion here in our city as well.

Murrumbidgee is my home, I’m deeply involved in my community at the Mawson Temple, and I went to Orana Steiner in Weston Creek for year 11 and 12. Right now I’m a finance student at the ANU. This electorate is home to mountain ranges and forests which house vast amounts of natural beauty. It also is diverse in its population with families from various walks of life and culture backgrounds settling here for the amenities it has to offer. 

I strongly believe that the climate crisis is the most pressing threat to our planet and our people at this moment. It is one that is fuelled by exploitation of the working class at the hands of the greedy elite. In addition, I see a gap in our lawmakers, that they don’t reflect young and diverse voices from the diverse cultural backgrounds that call Canberra home. That drove me to be involved in politics and now, to run as one of your Greens candidates in Murrumbidgee.  

The ACT Greens made history in 2020 by electing 6 MLAs, but there’s still so much more work to do. Join me and my campaign team this election to fight for a better, greener future for Murrumbidgee and Canberra.