GREEN LIGHT CANDIDATES

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Ben Smith

Adam Frogley

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Green Light Candidates

Ben Smith (Independent)

Ben is part of the Community Independents Project

As your representative, I’m committed to putting our community first—tackling the issues that matter most to you, from cost of living relief, to affordable housing, fixing our local roads and acting on climate. I’m here to be your voice in Parliament, free from party politics and focused solely on making Flinders a better place to live, work, and thrive. Let’s build a brighter future together.

Some of the issues I’ll be championing include: 

• Tackling the cost of living: Addressing the skyrocketing cost of essentials like groceries, energy bills, healthcare and insurance premiums. This includes taking on the major corporations, like Coles and Woolies, who are ripping us off.
• An Inclusive Society: Advocating for equality, support for LGBTQ+ rights, protection for women experiencing family violence and ensuring access to reproductive healthcare for all women.
• Supporting our local economy:  Backing policies that help local businesses grow, create jobs, and strengthen our local economy.
• Improving our roads and infrastructure: Push for upgraded roads, better public transport, and investments that meet the needs of our growing community.
• Climate Action: Protecting our incredible coastlines, green wedge, and way of life by advocating for practical climate solutions that will benefit locals, like improving access to rooftop solar and batteries. 
• Local Health Services: Expanding access to bulk-billing GPs, dental,  improving aged care, and pushing for essential upgrades to Rosebud Hospital.

I’ve heard and seen what the community needs, but you’ll be the ones helping inform my policies.

I will be continuously listening to our community to decide what positions I take, because that’s what good representatives do.

Adam Frogley (Greens)

I’m a Taungurung (torn-a-rong) man, born and raised on Woiwurrung (Wurundjeri) country in the Yarra Valley. I’ve worked in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander affairs for over two decades, holding many different roles in the Aboriginal community, vocational, higher education and government sectors.

You know what is at stake in this election. The cost of living, climate and housing crises are being experienced by our community now and the old parties are failing to address them. 

Over the course of my work with First Nations communities I have seen the impact of policy failures of government on our lives. Secure, ongoing employment for working Australians has been eroded over time, to the point many Australians are now working more than one job a week, simply to provide some level of security for themselves and their families.

I’m proud to be part of a party that is fighting for workers rights and to stop the casualisation of work in our community, so families have the opportunity to spend time together. 

We want to make big corporations pay their fair share of tax and fund things we all need, like dental and mental health into Medicare, government-built homes to rent and buy, cheaper mortgages, 50 cent public transport fares, a rent freeze and a cap on grocery prices.

In a wealthy country like ours, everyone should be able to afford the basics and governments should actually solve the problems we face.

The electorate of Flinders knows they deserve more, and I am ready to demand it. If you want change, it’s time to vote for it.