GREEN LIGHT CANDIDATES

Elsa Parker

Keiron Brown

Click on the image to download

Click on the image to download

You can learn about how to effectively use Traffic Light Voting Guides for the upcoming Federal election by following this link to our video and familiarising yourself with its instructions:

Here’s how you can make climate a compelling issue locally.

Hand out Traffic Light A5 How to Vote cards at polling booths. Phone or text 0427 580 803 to arrange for print ready artwork tailored for your electorate. You can then print the How to Vote card using your home printer or for larger numbers use the services of a commercial printer.

This is particularly effective to help add extra reach to Green Light independent campaigns and draw in swinging voters. Vote Climate One’s assessment of candidates has the elevated status of being fiercely independent.

Check out our how our team Federally assesses Candidates and Parties

Green Light Candidates

Elsa Parker (Independent)

Elsa Parker is a community leader dedicated to uplifting the voices of of her community. Through her work in the Sydney live music scene, she has consistently advocated for underrepresented talent, creating an inclusive environment that celebrates diversity.

Well-traveled and educated, Elsa holds a Bachelor of Arts in International and Global Studies, providing her with a nuanced understanding of world and national affairs. Her strong commitment to justice, women’s rights, education, and environmental sustainability drives her vision for a better future. Ready to engage with her community, Elsa is prepared to drive meaningful change for Kingsford Smith.

Keiron Brown (Greens)

Hi, my name is Keiron Brown. I am a proud Yuin Nations and Bidjigal man, deeply connected to my traditional lands along the South Coast and La Perouse where I grew up. As your Greens candidate, I aim to represent the struggles and aspirations of the broad Kingsford Smith community, ensuring that all voices are heard and valued. We need change in Kingsford Smith! 

I am a foster parent to three beautiful Aboriginal children and am a very active member of the school and broader community. I am also an active member of the LGBTQIA+ community and am proud to have organised the first ever LaPa legends Mardi Gras float. 

There is no better advocate for the cost of living crisis than those who experience it firsthand!

We are currently in a cost of living crisis with many residents in the Kingsford Smith electorate facing high rents and housing costs, unaffordable dental and mental health care, limited access to childcare, budget busting prices set by Coles and Woolies and a lack of front line domestic violence workers. 

My land, environment and climate justice is linked to everything in my life: from the strong connection to community and country, to the impacts of colonisation and intergenerational trauma, and to tragically losing my mum to a rare cancer caused by PFAS chemicals at a young age. 

I am honoured to be the first, First Nations person to run in the Federal seat of Kingsford Smith. I recognise what both scientific and traditional knowledge are telling us about climate change – we need immediate action. 

I will stand with my community, work alongside you, and help drive meaningful change!

TRAFFIC LIGHT VOTING GUIDE ASSESSMENT WARNING

The team at Vote Climate One may change our Traffic Light voting advice right up to shortly before election day. For instance it is very difficult to access ranking information from parties or candidates who have no public email, phone number or little internet profile. In these cases, we apply the precautionary principle with a Red Light ranking until further information and commitment to climate rescue comes to hand.

Please contact us if you have local information which could effect our rankings. Phone Rob 0n 0427 580 803

The major parties have let the Australian public down when it comes a serious policy commitment to action on the ecological and climate crisis. Consequently, we have assessed both the Labor party and the Coalition as Red Light parties. Nevertheless, in relation to our Traffic Light Voting guides, the Labor party has been ranked orange ahead of the Coalition which remains a stubborn Red Light proposition.

The House of Representitives

Labor is ranked Orange for the House of Reps. The opportunity for a Green Transition, sparked by the influence of a progressive cross bench holding the balance of power in a Labor minority government, is our bet bet for climate rescue.

The Senate

Likewise our senate Traffic Light Voting Guides also promote Labor ahead of the Coalition using an Orange Light status. This stategy will help discourage the worst senario for climate action which would result from a combative Coalition/right wing party majority in the senate.