GREEN LIGHT CANDIDATES

Allegra Spender

Nick Ward

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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

Allegra Spender (Elected Independent)

Allegra is part of the Community Independents Project

Climate Policies

Delivered

We’ve made progress to help protect our environment for future generations, with our electricity system now at 40% renewables. I’m proud to have helped deliver:

• Stronger climate legislation – with tougher laws to crack down on pollution from Australia’s biggest emitters.
• Efficiency standards for new vehicles – to cut car emissions by 60% by 2030, lower fuel bills by up to $1,000, and boost EV take-up.
• $1 billion to support home electrification – helping 110,000 households with energy upgrades.
•  Improved nature protection – including proper assessment of big projects’ impact on water resources, and a new market to increase investment in nature protection.

But there’s still a long way to go and we are not moving fast enough. That’s why I’m focused on:

Future Plans

• Strong targets for 2030 and 2035 – that help us reduce climate pollution before it’s too and replace the 90% of coal-fired power due to retire in the next decade.
• An Energy Bill Relief Plan – by giving people power over energy prices, through support for rooftop solar, batteries, and home energy efficiency.
• Seizing our superpower potential – by accelerating our transition and creating the clean energy jobs of the future.
• Get serious about protecting nature – by ending native forest logging, fixing our broken environmental laws, and taking global warming into account in environmental assessments.

Nick Ward (Greens)

As a proud member of the LGBTIQA+ community and a social and environmental activist, this has been the place where my professional experience and passion for a healthy thriving community have come together.

Trained as a space engineer, I’ve dedicated most of my career to the technology, travel, and tourism industries. I’ve honed my skills in leadership, strategy, and innovation, but throughout I’ve been committed to sustainable practices and fostering inclusive environments. I’ve worked to bridge gaps between businesses and communities, fighting to ensure that growth benefits all.

Our community is facing significant challenges, from housing affordability to the pressing need for climate action. The scourge of racism and antisemitism will weigh heavily on this campaign. I believe in proactive, evidence-based solutions that address these issues head-on. I aim to bring a fresh perspective to Wentworth, advocating for Greens policies that reflect our shared values of fairness, sustainability, and community well-being.

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.