Electorates A-Z – NSW Election 2023

Make Climate the winner of the New South Wales state election not a political party.

Why does the NSW state election matter?

State governments have enormous power over decisions that affect the climate.

 Here in Australia, we will have to keep 95 per cent of coal and gas in the ground to have any hope of limiting warming to 1½ degrees. Yet in New South Wales, since the start of the Paris agreement, the Coalition Government has approved at least 23 coal and gas projects, which will emit six times the greenhouse gases that Australia currently emits in a year. When the Paris agreement was signed, the United Nations climate chief, Christiana Figueres, said: “We must keep fossil fuels in the ground. A safe future has no space for any new fossil fuel extraction.”

During the recent Federal Election, we prepared climate emergency voting guides for 151 electorates and eight senate tickets. We are now empowering the people of NSW to elect a majority of members in both houses of parliament who will act urgently on the climate crisis.

Vote Climate One provides the means for Australians to elect pro-climate members and defeat sitting members who, by party affiliation or demonstrated voting record, have shown themselves to be the opponents of effective action on climate.

Your climate vote can help to hold the two major parties to account. The recent rise of community independents and the corresponding demise of support for the two major parties is a hopeful sign. The influence and wisdom of these independent representatives has the capacity to transform our democracy. 

Independents are at a complete disadvantage when voters choose to vote above the line for the NSW Upper House. For this reason we strongly recommend you go to the trouble to vote below the line in the NSW Legislative Council.

Shortly after the ballot draw on Thursday March 9th you will be able to go to your electorate page and do a test run to practice making your vote for climate action more effective.

• To vote with the greatest effect in the House of Assembly, fill in every box on your electorate ballot paper using the Traffic Light Voting Guide.
• For maximum effect on the Legislative Council ballot paper use the Traffic Light Voting Guide to practice voting below the line.

To do a practical test to help with your understanding how the Traffic Light System works in real time. Print your electorate’s Voting Guide and also print page 1. and page 2. of your Upper House ballot paper. Shortly after March 9th these will be available on your electorate page. Put the A4 printed copies end to end and fill in the boxes on the ballot paper using the instructions from the Traffic Light Voting Guide. We aim to have the 2023 guides and sample ballot papers for the current election available for use on the website shortly after March 9th and in time for the start of pre-polling on March 20th. You will be able to practice voting using a mock up both your Upper and Lower House ballot papers.