Here is your Traffic Light Voting Guide for Currumbin You can download the guide to your own computer, print, and fill it in at home and then take it to the polling booth with you. It’s super easy then to transfer your choices onto the ballot paper.  Alternatively, take your phone with you when you head off to vote, and you can then access our advice on the screen.

In the meantime, you can scroll down this page to check out the Green Light Candidate profiles.

The team at Vote Climate One encourages all candidates to support the 3Rs and the Climate Rescue Accord to underpin any decisions in the Queensland Legislative 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

Green Light Candidates

Jennifer Horsburgh (AJP)

Jennifer qualifies as an Outstanding Green Light Candidate.

Jennifer Horsburgh is proud to be running as your candidate for the Currumbin electorate in the upcoming QLD State Election.

Jennifer has lived in the Currumbin electorate on the Gold Coast since 1982 and worked as a teacher for 30 years at Palm Beach Currumbin High School.  She is passionate about her community, and is an ongoing volunteer for the Wildcare hotline, Currumbin Wildlife Hospital, the Burleigh parish, and the Austrian-Australian club.

Jennifer believes that immediate action for greater protection of animals, nature and the planet as a whole is vital and as a long term Gold Coast resident, she has a particular passion for the wellbeing and biodiversity of  marine animals and plants.

If elected, Jennifer  will work hard to replace lethal shark nets and drumlines with non-lethal alternatives such as dedicated shark spotters and drones. 

Jennifer is also intent on ending the cruel greyhound industry by calling for a Parliamentary inquiry and wishes to see a whole life monitoring system in place for all puppies born.  

She will prioritise funding for animal-friendly  retirement homes as well as refuges and crisis accommodation for those escaping domestic violence situations. This would provide safe  options for  many people and  their companion animals. 

“I believe free public transport which is reliable, accessible and safe for people and their companion animals should be available and if elected, I will work hard to achieve this through Legislative change.” she said. 

Jennifer will prioritise an end to forest clearing, increase green spaces, push  for crucial wildlife corridors and strongly advocate for ‘transitioning away from animal agriculture’ as a key part of the Queensland Climate Transition Strategy, which is presently missing. 

“Animal agriculture  is a primary driver of climate change and is responsible for 83% of land clearing so we must bring an end to all intensive animal farming and assist farmers in transitioning to more sustainable and lucrative plant based business. Puppy farms are another form of intensive ‘animal farming’ and also need to be stopped.”

The Animal Justice Party endsorses the 3Rs and the Climate Rescue Accord

Braden Smith (Greens)

I’m a lifelong Currumbin local and journalism student. I’m deeply familiar with all the wonderful things that make our area so special, including our natural environment, which needs to be protected from threats like land clearing and poor development, as well as the climate crisis that threatens to upend our ecosystem.

We desperately need action on the cost of living crisis. From housing to energy prices to groceries, prices keep skyrocketing, along with corporate profits!

As a young person, I know it is increasingly difficult for people to move out of home, and many people are being forced out of the Gold Coast due to sky high rents that are some of the most expensive in the country.

When big corporations and rich developers are making massive profits off a cost of living crisis, the government should stand up to them. But instead, Labor and the LNP continue to take corporate donations, and act in the interests of profit over everyday Queenslanders. 

But it doesn’t have to be this way.

The Greens will freeze rents and cap increases. Take energy back into public ownership and crack down on supermarket price gouging. 

We will reinvigorate public ownership in Queensland and start getting our essential services working for people – not profit. We will tax big corporations fairly and raise money to build 100,000 homes, fully fund our public schools, ensure healthcare is truly free, universal and high quality and secure permanently free, frequent and accessible public transport. 

We could create a future with 100% publicly owned renewable energy, manufactured here in Queensland to tackle the escalating climate crisis and make our energy bills cheaper. 

All of this is possible, and it can be accomplished with more Greens in Parliament – people who will fight for you instead of big corporations, rich developers and the fossil fuel industry.

The Greens don’t accept corporate donations. As your representative, I will listen to  and work for you, so we can truly build a future for all of us.