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The Greens
Jenny Henty
Jenny Henty is the Greens candidate for Hawthorn.
She is a well qualified environmental consultant with degrees in economics and environmental science and a history of public policy and advocacy work in Melbourne and Canberra. She now runs her own consultancy specialising in recycling products such as computers for less waste. Her website says she is committed to building sustainability into urban living and practices this in her own home and office.
She told the local paper that the three key issues for the electorate were fixing the planning system to give local communities more say and make sure VCAT enforced clear rules on developers, giving elderly people easier access to services and providing “a safe future for our children which would only be secured by reducing the greenhouse intensity of our lives”.
The Greens policies include a 40 % emissions reduction by 2020 on 1990 levels and the replacement of Hazelwood by 2014. They oppose the HRL proposal.
Ann Birrell
Ann Birrell is the Greens candidate for Albert Park in the 2010 Victorian State Election.
Please check back in a few days for an analysis of this candidate’s position and policies on climate change.
Brian Walters
Brian Walters is the Greens candidate for Melbourne in the 2010 Victorian State Election.
Please check back in a few days for an analysis of this candidate’s position and policies on climate change.
Kathleen Maltzahn
Kathleen Maltzahn is the Greens candidate for the seat of Richmond. This is a summary of what she said at the climate change candidates forum on 22 October in Clifton Hill:
Kathleen began by acknowledging the urgency of the climate crisis and the fact that we only have two electoral cycles to make significant reductions in our emissions. The Greens’ policies include a 40% emissions reduction by 2020 on 1990 levels, a phase out of all coal-fired electricity generation, including replacing all of Hazelwood by 2014 with renewable energy and a significant improvement in public transport.
Kathleen acknowledged that these emissions reductions were the very minimum that climate scientists were saying are necessary to give us a chance in avoiding runaway climate change. While this acknowledgment is good, we would like to see the Greens strengthen these policies so as to improve the odds of a safe climate future. There also needs to be far more detail in Greens policies related to how the emissions reductions will be achieved, by which date coal-fired energy will be replaced and what it will be replaced with.
Anne Martinelli
Anne Martinelli is the Greens candidate for Northcote in the 2010 Victorian State Election.
To find out about Anne Martinelli’s stance on climate change come to the Darebin Climate Action Now Candidates Q&A on Monday 8th November from 7pm-9pm Northcote Town Hall – 189 High St. Snacks are from 6:30pm!
Please check back for text about Anne Martinelli following the Darebin Climate Action Now candidates forum.
Cyndi Dawes
Cyndi Dawes is the Greens candidate for Brunswick in the 2010 Victorian State Election.
Please check back in a few days for an analysis of this candidate’s position and policies on climate change.
