OUTSTANDING GREEN LIGHT CANDIDATES

MacVivien McMahon

GREEN LIGHT CANDIDATES

Mandy Nolan

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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

Vivien McMahon (LCP)

Vivien qualifies as an Outstanding Green Light candidate

Vivian, known to many as Mac, has lived in the northern rivers for over 30 years. For the past two decades, he has been a committed volunteer at the Nimbin Hemp Embassy, where he educates the community about the benefits of cannabis and the urgent need for reform.

Despite common misconceptions, cannabis is not legal. It won’t truly be legal until adults can grow their own and access it without a prescription through a regulated retail outlet. It’s time to end the discrimination against cannabis users, on the road and in the workplace.

Mac is standing for the Legalise Cannabis Party because it’s time to challenge outdated laws and failed policies. A vote for Legalise Cannabis is a powerful protest vote against the major parties and a step toward real change.

Mandy Nolan (Greens)

For 30 years, I’ve shared the stories of this community through my writing and activism. I’ve held the megaphone metaphorically and literally. 

In March of 2021, I led a rally. The town hall was so packed that hundreds of people huddled under umbrellas outside, watching the live stream on their phones. We heard devastating accounts from women who make up our country’s statistics on sexual assault. As we marched through the rain, we shouted for change. We demanded more from our government. Do you know what I realised? They’re not listening. 

They’re not listening when we say a net-zero 2050 target isn’t good enough. They’re not listening when we say our community has a housing crisis and thousands of locals are on the brink of homelessness. They’re not listening, and they don’t want to.

With your support, I will take that megaphone to Canberra. I can win the seat of Richmond with just a 1.8% increase. With a close election, I could hold the balance of power and be one of the most powerful voices in Canberra. Either way, I’ll be the loudest.

I hope I can count on your vote.

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.