Londonderry Electorate (NSW)

Posted by Vote Climate One Team on March 16, 2023 5:22 pm

Lower House: Londonderry

GREEN LIGHT CANDIDATES
BOWEN, David
21-03-2023
Running
MAURICE, David
16-03-2023
Running
Green light candidates have been rigorously assessed as absolutely committed to real action on the climate emergency. Number these first when you vote.
ORANGE LIGHT CANDIDATES
CAR, Prue
16-03-2023
Incumbent
Orange light candidates are preferable to red but have some question marks over their climate policy or party voting record. When you vote, number them after the green light candidates.
RED LIGHT CANDIDATE
TESTER, Luke
11-03-2023
Running
Red light candidates are a dangerous choice if Australians want real action on the climate emergency. Number these after the green and orange candidates.

Upper House: NSW Legislative Council

GREEN LIGHT OPTIONS
0 Sitting Members
17 Running
0 Sitting Members
16 Running
0 Sitting Members
18 Running
0 Sitting Members
15 Running
1 Sitting Member
17 Running
Green light parties have been rigorously assessed as absolutely committed to real action on the climate emergency. Number these first when you vote below the line.
ORANGE LIGHT OPTIONS
4 Sitting Members
17 Running
0 Sitting Members
17 Running
Orange light parties are preferable to red but have some question marks over their climate policy or party voting record. When you vote below the line number them after the green light candidates.
RED LIGHT OPTIONS
0 Sitting Members
18 Running
0 Sitting Members
17 Running
3 Sitting Members
2 Running
0 Sitting Members
16 Running
0 Sitting Members
18 Running
0 Sitting Members
2 Running
0 Sitting Members
1 Running
0 Sitting Members
9 Running
0 Sitting Members
2 Running
0 Sitting Members
3 Running
0 Sitting Members
15 Running
Red light parties are a dangerous choice if you want real action on the climate emergency. Number these after the green and orange parties. Alternatively you can choose to not number them at all.

Recommendations and news for Londonderry

Green light candidate David MAURICE (Running)

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TACKLING AND SURVIVING THE CLIMATE CRISIS – NO NEW COAL AND GAS

Mining and burning coal and gas is the leading cause of the climate crisis. Coal and gas are causing more extreme floods, fires and droughts in NSW. The growing climate crisis threatens our safety and health, our food and water and even the air we breathe. 

As the world’s 4th largest coal exporter, NSW has a key role to play in tackling the climate crisis. Yet the Liberal, National and Labor parties all take big donations from coal and gas corporations and back new coal and gas. The Liberal-National Government has even approved 26 coal and gas projects since the Paris Agreement. 

Without a plan to phase out …

Green light candidate David BOWEN (Running)

Pictured: 2022 NSW Senate candidate Cr Georgia Lamb (right).

“The viability of our societies depends on leaders from government, business and civil society uniting behind policies, actions and investments that will limit temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius.” Australian Broadcasting Corporation

“The world’s leading climate scientists have warned that the prospect of limiting global warming to 1.5C will be out of reach within 12 years at current rates of greenhouse gas emissions, in a report that finds it is now “unequivocal’’ that human activity is heating the planet.” The Australian [$]

  • Act on climate change and contribute to staying below 1.5 degrees global temperature …

Upper House party recommendations

Vote Climate One has assessed these parties as the safest bet for action on climate change. The parties are listed in alphabetical order. List placement does not infer ranking.

Elizabeth Farrelly Independents

Climate Action From fires to floods, climate change is affecting us all, with the potential for extreme damage to our homes, our communities and our economy. We not only need to take urgent action to transition rapidly to efficient, zero emission, low cost energy but to enable communities dependent on fossil fuel industries to effectively …

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Socialist Alliance

Our rigorous assessment has scored green light parties above all others on ecological and climate policy. We advise you to preference members of parties like this first on your ballot paper.

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Sustainable Australia Party – Stop Overdevelopment / Corruption

Climate change Pictured: 2022 NSW Senate candidate Cr Georgia Lamb (right). “The viability of our societies depends on leaders from government, business and civil society uniting behind policies, actions and investments that will limit temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius.” Australian Broadcasting Corporation “The world’s leading climate scientists have warned that the prospect of limiting global warming …

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The Greens NSW

The NSW Greens have an excellent climate policy. Their parliamentary performance supporting action on climate has been outstanding. The Greens are the only minor party which has been ranked with a Green Light. Their policies and voting record contrast starkly with the National Party who are unequivocally Red Light on climate.

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