Casuarina/NT 2024 state election

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

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Green Light Candidates

Martin Jackson

Martin has qualified as an outstanding Green Light candidate.

Music to my ears!

Finally somebody gets it.

This is the only reason I am standing.

Yes to your 3 Rs, Reduce, Remove, Reflect!

Stop fracking

I am standing for Member of the Legislative Assembly for Casuarina because I am angry about the damage Labor is doing to the Territory and want to stop the damage.

Climate change caused by the burning of fossils fuels increasing the green house gases in the atmosphere. We need to switch to renewables as soon as possible.

Renewable energy will not produce those green house gases, it will be much cleaner for the air we breath and cheaper.

Yes cheaper! The costs of windmills, solar energy, new power grids and the necessary batteries are now cheaper than new gas power stations and they make cheaper electicity.

There will be no more electicity price rises due to oil and gas prices increasing from wars and greed. Prices will come down as renewable energy and batteries get more efficient and cheaper.

Fracking is even crazier. It is marginal in that lots of energy and resources are required to get the gas out of the ground. Several kilometers of drilling vertically and horizontally are required. Vast amounts of poisonous water is pumped at high pressure to hydraulically fracture the shale holding the gas. Most of the poisonous water is not recovered and stays under ground where it is supposed to stay. The vertical drill hole must be expertly lined for it to be 100% leak proof to prevent seepage into other strata especially aquifers. All achievable in perfect conditions with perfect geology and perfect contractors. But things go wrong. 100’s of cases of failure are reported in the USA.

Then there is transport of the gas from remote Beetaloo to Darwin and further where methane escapes. Methane is another greenhouse gas. Processing produces more toxins. Medical experts state the risk to people and particularly children to the toxins in the air is very serious and will lead to cancers and lung disease. Yes crazy, so why do both Labour and the liberals want to do this?

Also worth reading is the Australian Institutes report Australia’s great gas giveaway

Save Lee Point

Lee Point / Binybara is old woodland where the old trees provide special habitats for birds and mammals including the beautiful Gouldian finch.

How many MLAs have visited Lee Point / Binybara to see why it is special? Zero I believe!

What could be a world class tourist attraction is being trashed and Labour and the Liberals want to do this.

There are many alternatives to building at Lee Point / Binybara where the defence personnel will be closer to the Robertson Barracks.

Cleaner air

It is disturbing how much air pollution we get in Casuarina and Darwin. Some measurements suggest this area is one of the worst in Australia. How much monitoring of all the different airborne toxins are there? This ought to be an important role for the NTG. In fact shouldn’t it be a human right to have clean air? Burn back contributes and should be closely monitored. Too many people complain about the bad air. VOCs (Volatile Organic Compounds) have poured into our air from Impex due to some broken gear. Please read this. It is worst for the workers. At the Senate Enquiry into Middle Arm Development senators raised many of these points with well researched material to support their case.

More and safer sustainable jobs

The Envoronment Centre commissioned a report to spend the billions the commonwealth is subsidising the Middle Arm gas hub more wisely – Recharging the Territory.

When Impex was built it sucked in workers from all over Australia, house prices went up, rentals went up, local businesses struggle as they lost their staff, tradies were like hens teeth.

This was not sustainable. People bought property that lost value as nortmality returned.

NT needs sustainable businesses. Renewables are a wonderful part of that mix. CDU could support training and research in sustainability to make our planet a better place.

How many tereritoreans are working at Beetaloo? This is FIFO. It offers little to the NT economy next to the opportunities available in a territory and all the sun.

Stop making Darwin hotter

This is so serious for the NT. Read what the experts are saying Darwin: HeatWatch projects up to 308 days over 35°C per year by 2090.

Of course 2090 is a long time away but look at the grapgh from 1980 to 2020. The deniers say it is just weather. The climate scientist, 97% of them not paid by oil companies, say it is because we are burning massive amounts of fossil fuels.

Then some say what the the NT does is only a percent of the Chinese or some other distraction. We must all stop burning fossil fuels. We territoreans are responsible for many times more green house gases per person than the Chinese!

Some say if we don’t frack someone else will. We call this the drug dealers arguement. Absolutely immoral!

Res McCalman

I’m Res McCalman, your Greens candidate for Casuarina.

I’m a midwife and researcher, and I’ve undertaken my PhD in First Nations women’s health. I’ve worked in hospitals and Aboriginal-controlled health services.

I’m a Ballardong Noongar woman with European descent and the third midwife in my recent Ballardong lineage. I now work at a university, working alongside women in a remote community on a First Nations-led project offering local women education, employment and caring opportunities. I’m also a policy advocate for Birthing on Country and improving maternity services for all women, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women.

I’m the daughter of a teacher and a nurse midwife, and I’ve been in the Territory for four years now. It’s a special place, but the major parties are letting all of us down. 

I’ve never seen myself as someone who would run for Parliament, but we need better alternatives in the Territory. The major parties agree on too much. They both support fracking on Country, the destruction at Binybara Lee Point, and building more prisons instead of dealing with the deep issues that surround community safety.

I was so upset by what happened at Binybara Lee Point. It was such a stark example of the community not being listened to and how the Territory government is failing us and failing our environment. We all need representatives who care about looking after people, nature, and significant places. That’s why I’m running for the Greens at this election.

I’m excited to represent the people of Casuarina, Nakara, Brinkin, Tiwi, Lyons, parts of Muirhead, and Binybara Lee Point.