Below is a mock-up from the 2022 Federal Election Traffic Light Voting Guide for the Bradfield House of Representatives seat.

Both your local, and state or territory senate 2025 Traffic Light Voting Guides will be published on each electorate page after the ballot draw is completed later in 2025. In the meantime you can learn about how to effectively use Traffic Light Voting Guides by watching our videos.

Scroll further down this page to learn more about the Green Light candidates in McPherson.

Green Light Candidates

Erchana Murray-Bartlett (Independent)

Erchana is supported by a dynamic community organisation, Mcpherson Independent. The organisation was setup by Gold Coast residents to find a community independent for the Southern Gold Coast Federal seat of McPherson, and get them elected. 

McPherson has been a safe seat for decades. Ann Wason Moore of the Gold Coast Bulletin said:

“With the Gold Coast considered the conservative capital of Australia, the major parties all but ignore us. Here’s why embracing the independent movement might pay-off”

Let’s make the Gold Coast Count!

Our organisation was formed off the back of the McPherson Matters Listening Report. This was a community project run over 7 months, with 49 kitchen table conversations and 250 participants. The big outcomes of this report were:

• the community did not feel represented by the major parties
• we need to tackle housing affordability and the cost of living
• deep concern about the challenges for younger generations
• we need integrity and honesty in our government
• we want leadership who thinks long-term and tackles climate resiliency

Erchana is part of the Community Independents Project

Amanda Kennealy (Greens)

I grew up in the Palm Beach Currumbin area during the 1970s and made my Surf Life Saving Bronze medallion with Tugun Surf Life Saving Club in 1984. We’ve seen a lot of changes since then! I love our wonderful community, our shared connection to this beautiful pocket of the world.

I am passionate about protecting and preserving our local area, for this generation, our children and their children. Caring for our natural habitat is what has compelled me to step up and be the Greens McPherson candidate for the 2025 Federal Election.

Volunteering holds a special place in my heart. For many years I have been volunteering in my community through the Surf Life Saving movement, school P&C’s, sporting team management – living my mantra – ‘Its not what the community can do for me, but what I can do for my community’. I believe volunteers are the backbone of our lucky country. We are so fortunate to have such wonderful humans caring and nurturing our communities for all to thrive.

As a lifelong learner, with a Bachelor of Education/Arts degree and a Diploma in Health Science, I believe education is a right for every human. As a secondary teacher on the Gold Coast, I encourage students to enrich their lives with further education, but some cannot afford it. That’s why I’m passionate about the Greens plan to wipe student debts and make University and TAFE free.

We believe that universal access to high quality education is fundamental to the development of a fair, economically and socially just society; the quality of your education should not depend on your parents’ bank balance, where you live or your race, gender or sexuality. The Greens are fighting to fully-fund our public schools, so no child slips through the cracks.

We have a plan to tackle the cost of living crisis by making the supermarket price gouging illegal, stopping the big banks price gouging, freezing and capping rent.

Right now, hard working people are paying too much for the basics, while 1 in 3 big corporations pay no tax. The Greens will make billionaires and big corporations pay their fair share of tax to fund the things we all need. I believe in living in a society that puts people before profits, ensuring a more comfortable existence for all.

We cannot keep voting for the same two parties and expect a different result. When we harness the collective power of people, we can fundamentally transform politics. You have the opportunity to vote for change. We must take strong action on the climate crisis and tackle this from the ground up, by being the voice for our local native neighbours. By fixing our broken environment laws and protecting our precious and unique natural ecosystems, we will preserve our region’s natural wonders for generations to come.