GREEN LIGHT CANDIDATES

Ben Smith

Adam Frogley

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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.

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.

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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. 

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.