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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

Elizabeth Johnston (Greens)

I’m a First Nations woman and former social worker. My early life was spent with my aunt and uncle in Duaringa, Central Queensland. In 1960, at the age of five, I survived the Medway Creek rail disaster near Bogantungan. My uncle, Lawrence Murray, was a hero that day, receiving the Queen’s Commendation for Brave Conduct after saving several injured passengers, including 15 children. Sadly, he passed away shortly after, and I was adopted by a local teacher and her husband.

As I grew up in both Brisbane and regional Queensland, I was deeply influenced by the cultural connections to the land and the guidance of my elders. These early experiences instilled in me a profound sense of social justice that has guided my work and my life. I spent many years working in mental health at Darling Downs Health, supporting people in need, and I also played a role in helping raise my daughter’s children in Dalby.

I’ve dedicated my life to advocating for the wellbeing of others, especially those in my community who are most vulnerable. It’s that same sense of social justice and care for the community that motivates me to run for Parliament. I believe everyone deserves access to food, housing, education, and healthcare.

Maranoa is facing a crisis when it comes to cost of living and housing, with too many people struggling to make ends meet. I’m campaigning to address these issues head-on. The Greens’ plan to tackle price gouging will lower grocery costs, and we will help ease the pressure of rent and mortgages by capping rent increases and providing cheaper mortgages. Furthermore, we will work towards making GP visits free and expanding Medicare to cover dental and mental health services, ensuring everyone has access to the care they need.

Throughout my life, I have been committed to the values of community, social justice, and ensuring no one is left behind. I am proud to be a part of the Greens, who share these values and work to make real, positive change. My aim is to put the needs of the people ahead of corporate interests and stand up for those who are struggling the most.

I’m running because we need action on housing, cost of living, and healthcare, and I want to be a strong voice for our community in Parliament.

Together, we can build a fairer, more just future for all of us.

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.