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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

Nikil Paul (Greens)

The electorate of Petrie is a vibrant, growing community, but like many places across the country, we face real challenges: the rising cost of living, housing insecurity, and a lack of real political representation that truly listens to everyday people. 

My roots may stretch to India and Oman, but my beating heart belongs here in Australia, shaped by our vibrant communities, our deep sense of fairness and our belief in opportunity for all. As a software engineer in medical technology, I’ve helped build systems that improve lives; but I’ve also seen how our political system fails to do the same – leaving too many people behind.

I believe in a better way. With my background in engineering and a passion for the history and future of technology, I believe that technology can help build accessible digital platforms for direct input from the community. Politics CAN be about serving people, not maintaining power. This approach might seem radical in a system where we’re used to leaders standing on podiums and delivering their decisions for our community. But I believe true strength lies in humility. It takes courage to listen to dissenting opinions, to admit when you’re wrong, and to trust in the wisdom of the collective.

We live in a time of great challenges: economic inequality strains our communities, climate change threatens our planet, and social divisions undermine our cohesion. These challenges are complex, and no single person has all the answers. But together, as a diverse electorate, we possess the creativity, knowledge, and resilience to navigate these crises.

Beyond work and politics, I live and breathe community. Whether I’m drumming with Ambition Road & Friends, parading with the Riff Raff marching band, lifting spirits on the piano with my church choir, playing LMS cricket, or supporting grassroots initiatives, I know that real magic happens when we work together. That’s the energy I want to bring to Parliament – a spirit of fairness, collaboration, and bold action.

The Greens are fighting for a future where no one is left behind. We’re pushing for free education, expanding Medicare to include dental and mental health care, and ensuring affordable housing for all. We can fund these essential services by making coal, gas, and other mining corporations pay their fair share in taxes and royalties, so that everyday Australians don’t carry the burden while billion-dollar industries rake in massive profits.

This campaign is about all of us. I’m not running to impose my vision; I’m running because I believe in yours. I believe in the family hoping to buy their first home, the student who dreams of a stable independent future, the small business owner who drives our local economy, and the elder whose wisdom guides us all. Together, we can redefine leadership and build a government that truly represents the people it serves. A fairer future isn’t just possible – it’s within reach.

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.