OUTSTANDING GREEN LIGHT CANDIDATES

Ben Howman

GREEN LIGHT CANDIDATES

Helen Haines

Alysia Regan

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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 Howman (LCP)

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LCP supports the 3Rs and endorses the Climate Rescue Accord

Helen Haines MP (Sitting Independent)

Helen is part of the Community Independents Project

Climate Policy

Locally-owned, cleaner and cheaper energy

Renewable energy is the cleanest and cheapest form of energy, and more than a dozen community groups in Indi have taken the initiative to harness the benefits of renewable energy generation and storage.  

When I was elected to Parliament, I committed to working with local communities to develop a plan to drive locally-owned renewable energy projects in the regions. Together we unveiled the Local Power Plan in 2020, a comprehensive roadmap to unlocking the potential of renewable energy in regional Australia.  

Indi is leading the way in community energy and setting an example for the nation to follow.  

What I’ve achieved

• I have helped secure over $7 million for local renewable energy projects including:
  • $1.9 million for a micro-grid in Wodonga to lower bills for businesses. 
  • $3.6 million for community batteries in the Upper Murray to store power for emergencies. 
  • $540,000 to develop community batteries in Beechworth, Bright, and Mt Beauty. 
  • $615,000 to develop a community battery in Corryong. 
  • $14,000 to install a solar and battery system on the Rutherglen. Senior Citizens’ Clubroom. 
  • $100,000 for the Jamieson Community Energy Node. 
  • $11,000 for a solar and battery system at the Y Water Discovery Centre in Yea. 
  • $9,000 for a battery and energy efficient lights for the Merrijig Public Hall. 
• Community Engagement Review
  • With the renewable energy transition underway in regional Australia, I recognised a growing tension within some farming communities whose concerns weren’t being listened to by the large companies planning renewable energy projects close to their properties. So, I worked with Independent Senator for the ACT David Pocock, and the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen to establish a review in 2023 to improve community engagement for renewable energy infrastructure projects. I ensured the Terms of Reference of the Community Engagement Review considered issues important to our regional communities, such as the impact of projects on agricultural land, fire risks and emergency management, and increases in landholder insurance premiums. I also made sure the review examined benefit-sharing opportunities such as local jobs, training, and co-investing in large-scale projects for regional communities. You can read my full submission to the review here. The findings of the Community Engagement Review were released in July and can be viewed here. Regional communities deserve best practice community engagement to have their concerns heard and the opportunity to seize the long-term benefits of the renewables boom.
  • Appeared on the Stateline program, highlighting the importance of community benefit from renewable energy Infrastructure.

Alysia Regan (Greens)

I have a strong history in advocacy across the not-for- profit, community and early childhood education sectors. I have been nominated by council for Woman of the Year and Citizen of the Year Awards and for the Victorian Disability Awards for promoting rights for people with disability.

My family have been proud Murrindindi Shire small business owners, in the town of Taggerty for 45 years. I work on my primary producing farm on weekends and during school holidays, with my three daughters who enjoy riding their motorbikes around the 125 acre property. 

We’re in a housing crisis and regional Victoria is being left behind. In Indi, more than 40% of renters are experiencing rental stress. 

Labor and the Coalition are both backing new coal and gas and worsening the climate crisis. Meanwhile, regional victoria is experiencing more climate-related disasters, including bushfires and floods. 

I’m proud to be part of a party that is fighting for no new coal and gas, publicly owned renewable energy, cheaper groceries, and a rent freeze. 

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 and government-built homes to rent and buy.

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 Indi 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.