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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. You can then print the How to Vote card using your home printer or for larger numbers use the services of a commercial printer.

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.

Check out our how our team Federally assesses Candidates and Parties

Green Light Candidates

Dr Matthew Kirwan (Greens)

I grew up in Isaacs and live here with my family.  My career is in project management and policy roles across State and Local Government.  I also served as a local Councillor for a ward within the Isaacs electorate and continue to be an active community member.  I’m Isaacs through and through. Isaacs is a diverse electorate.  It stretches from Port Phillip Bay through the South-East Green Wedge, which I have passionately spent a decade as an activist defending, to multicultural Dandenong.

I’ve dedicated my life to fighting for our community.  It’s a community where there is significant disadvantage. We need a future where no one is left behind and everyone can access affordable homes and quality public services.

We also need a safe climate.  The climate crisis is already threatening the coastal parts of Isaacs. Those on low incomes and the older members of the Isaacs community are most impacted by rising temperatures.

By having a fairer tax system we can fund things we all need, like dental and mental health into Medicare and make sure you can see the GP for free – making a real dent in the cost of living. By investing in renewable energy we can act on the climate crisis, create green jobs and tackle  inequality at the same time.

Meanwhile Labor says one thing and does another. They’re more concerned with managing perceptions than people’s problems.  The toothless National Anti-Corruption Commission that they have created is but one example.

The Labor Party has neglected Isaacs for too long.  I am deeply committed to serving the needs of the electorate by expanding and investing in public and genuinely affordable housing and improving renters’ rights. Many in Isaacs are personally affected by the Palestine situation or are people seeking asylum living in community detention. Only the Greens are serious about global justice issues and stand by the oppressed.

As the Greens candidate for Isaacs, I will champion progressive policies that address our unique challenges , ensuring every voice is heard and moving us toward a sustainable and inclusive future.

Change won’t happen overnight in Isaacs, but the first step is to vote for someone who is fighting for it. That is why I need your support.

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 on 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.