GINNINDERRA

Your Traffic light Voting Guide to elect five members for the Electorate of Ginninderra will be available after September 25th. You can print the guide at home and take it to the polling booth to help steer your choices as you fill in the ballot paper. Alternatively you can access our advice on your mobile phone.

The team at Vote Climate One encourages all candidates to support the 3Rs and the Climate Rescue Accord to underpin any decisions in the ACT Assembly relating to action on the climate emergency.

If you have any information which may inform our candidate assessments please use our contact form at the bottom of this page or phone Rob on 0427 580803

Here is a mock-up of a Traffic Light Voting Guide for Murrumbidgee. The actual Ginninderra guide will be available on your electorate page for printing or viewing following the ballot draw on September 25th. In the meantime scroll down this page and check out the greenlight candidate profiles.

Green Light Candidates

Candidates who have committed to supporting the 3Rs and the Climate Rescue Accord are on the top of our list as exceptional Green Light Candidates.

Jo Clay (Greens)

I’m your Greens MLA for Ginninderra. I’m thrilled to run for re-election in the 2024 ACT Legislative Assembly election.

A lifelong Canberran, I live in Macquarie with my partner, daughter and two dogs. I went to Weetangera Primary School and Radford College, then graduated with a Bachelor of Laws and Creative Arts. I’ve worked in government, the private sector, the law, business and the arts. I try to use my skills to help the environment.

Ever since I was a child, I’ve been seriously worried about climate change. I always assumed that by the time I was an adult, someone else would have fixed the problem. But it’s worse than ever. I set up and ran a recycling company and a climate change project to help. I volunteered for the climate movement and with Pedal Power. In 2020, I decided to run as your Greens candidate for Ginninderra to try to change the system, not the climate. 

I love Belconnen. I grew up here and I love watching my daughter grow up here in our thriving, culturally diverse community. But I’m worried that our public services haven’t kept up with our growing population. Ginninderra needs more investment in better footpaths, bike paths and crossings. We need more frequent buses now and a Light Rail line as soon as possible. We need a school in Belconnen Town Centre and better maintenance for our established schools and community sports facilities. We need more affordable housing. We need parks and playgrounds and genuine protection for our nature spaces. We need a healthy environment.

Since 2020 I’ve been advocating for these issues and more. My Greens colleagues and I have shown that pressure works. But we still have so much more to do. As your Greens candidate for Ginninderra in 2024, I will continue to speak up for our community. Join me and our movement as we fight to keep Ginninderra Green in 2024.

Adele Sinclair(Greens)

I’m one of your lead Greens candidates for the seat of Ginninderra at the upcoming ACT Legislative Assembly election. 

Since 2014 I have called Scullin home, living here with my husband and dog. Born and raised in Western Sydney, I grew up in a single parent household where we lived in poverty for a decade, often relying on food parcels from charities. Through my childhood experience, I know the importance of a caring community and a public service that can provide crucial support when people are doing it tough.

I have been involved in the environment movement for over 25 years, and now, more than ever, I feel a deep sense of urgency about taking care of our environment and our plant. I co-founded Wombat Support & Rescue five years ago, and have been its Vice President ever since because I care deeply about protecting our native wildlife. I am proud to be one of the founders of the Scullin Community Group, formed to revitalise our suburbs’ ageing shops and use people power to turn the shops back into a community hub.

When I moved to Belconnen in 2001, I didn’t expect to still be living here over two decades later. My love for our friendly community and our natural landscape has kept me in the area. But while our electorate grows, the community services needed for our community are falling behind. In the midst of a cost of living crisis, Belconnen is becoming increasingly unaffordable to rent and buy, and housing availability is not keeping up with our population growth. Belconnen deserves better.

In 2020 the Greens made history by electing 6 Greens to the Legislative Assembly, including in Ginninderra with my colleague Jo Clay MLA. In the last term, the ACT Greens have shown that pressure works to deliver change. But we need to go further and faster to tackle the climate and cost of living crises. It would be a privilege to be one of your Greens MLA for Ginninderra.