Rankin/Federal Election 2025
GREEN LIGHT CANDIDATES
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Green Light Candidates
Alex Bainbridge (Socialist Alliance)
Alex Bainbridge is a Green Left photographer and journalist and long time socialist activist.
He has played active and leading roles in a large number of social movement campaigns over 35 years. Currently, he is active in Justice for Palestine Magan-djin.
Alex believes that the genocide in Gaza is a wake up call for us all. “If the rich countries like the USA and Australia can get away with supporting a live-streamed genocide in the 21st century, it will shape the entire future for all humanity.”
“You can’t expect justice for yourself if you’re not prepared to support justice for others. Similarly, defending our rights here depends on us standing up against injustices”
Jim Chalmers presides over an electorate where more than 70% of all households are facing housing stress (85% of renters are in rental stress)! As treasurer, he could be taking steps to solve the housing crisis, but so far the Labor government has only made the most inadequate, tokenistic response.
“I’m running to help build up the popular resistance to whichever capitalist government is elected – Labor or Liberal. It’s true we’ve got a long way to go, but we have to start here and now.”
Joshua Riethmuller (Greens)
If you’re worried about the cost of living, housing or climate crisis, you’re not alone.
In a wealthy country like ours, everyone should be able to afford the basics: a home, food, and access to world class healthcare and education.
Right now, you’re paying too much while 1 in 3 big corporations pay no tax.
Instead of working for you, the two major parties take millions in donations from big corporations. They donate because it gets them results. The Greens don’t take donations from billionaires and big corporations. We can’t be bought.
We should make big corporations and billionaires pay their fair share of tax, raising over $514b to fund the things we all need: dental and mental health into Medicare, to see the GP for free, cap rent increases and lower mortgages and strong climate action, not more coal and gas.
If you want change, the first step is to vote for it.
This time, vote 1 Greens.