GREEN LIGHT CANDIDATES

Jasmine Duff

Huong Truong

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Green Light Candidates

Jasmine Duff (Victorian Socialists)

Right now, politics in Australia is run for and by the rich. Major corporations rake in billions while working class communities are left to rot.

I’m running as the Victorian Socialists candidate for Fraser to push for a political revolution which puts working-class people at the centre of decision making in our country – an Australia where no one has to live with the anxiety of struggling just to keep a roof over their head or to feed their family.

I’m a community organiser, a lighting technician working in theatres across Melbourne, and a proud trade unionist. For years I worked for the NSW state emergency services including during major flooding events – helping people left vulnerable to such crises by the neglect of housing and infrastructure.

I’ve campaigned to save Victorian public housing from privatisation, and when more than 80 Altona residents were threatened with eviction by Hobsons Bay Council I helped them defend their right to stay through petitions, protests and grassroots organising.

I’ve campaigned for equal marriage, climate action, Indigenous justice, and for peace and justice for the people of Palestine. I know that by collectively taking a stand, we can make a real difference.

Working-class people are the heart of our society. We make all the gears turn and create all the wealth. But right now, decisions are made for the rich: the highest income brackets are given tax cuts, elite private schools get huge public handouts, and property developers are given free rein.

We’re in the middle of a generational cost of living crisis. Working-class people have to struggle to put a roof over our heads while Anthony Albanese shells out millions for a personal holiday home and almost all new wealth goes to the rich.

It doesn’t have to be like this. I’ll fight for price controls on staple goods, lower mortgage interest rates and caps on rents to make housing affordable. We need a rapid expansion of public housing and to reverse privatisation of core services.

Melbourne’s west is now the fastest growing region in Australia. Greedy developers make huge profits as they throw up new homes without a thought to adequate services. The west is chronically short of hospitals, schools, green spaces and public transport.

We need to turn this around by demanding the government put serious resources into making our neighbourhoods liveable: pushing funding into hospitals, schools and community centres, and reorganising our roads and public transport so that traffic isn’t a nightmare.

We’ve seen how Labor and the Liberals treat ordinary people, and there’s no hope in waiting for them to change. Real change always comes from the bottom up. Together, we can take power out of the hands of the rich and start to build a society that works for the working class.

Huong Truong (Greens)

Labor is out of touch with what this community needs and cares about. We’re ready for better.

As your Greens candidate for Fraser, I know how much we are struggling. I’m a local community activist who can see what years of inaction has left us with – sky-high rents, grocery bills through the roof and a wholesale lack of public infrastructure to help. 

I’m the daughter of Vietnamese boat people, and like many of us in Fraser, I love our community here.

In a wealthy country like Australia, no one should be left behind.
But Labor has abandoned their working class values, and us. Working families in the West can’t afford their rents and mortgages. Young people face dire job security.

Our community is raising their voices for a free Palestine, but Labor won’t hear us. Our community deserves a representative who has and will fight for them. Ours will be a campaign in the streets and on the doors. Ours will be a campaign powered by hundreds of community members, thousands of small donations from everyday people. 

The Greens have a bold plan for the future. We’ll take on the big corporations and tax them to fund the things that will make all our lives better. If you want change, 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.