Making our Communities Accessible
Everyone deserves access to community spaces and Council facilities. But right now, Council’s lack of action is locking vulnerable people out of our public spaces.
The Greens have a long track record of standing up for people with disabilities, older people, and marginalised communities, who are too often left behind by decision-makers.
On Council, we’ll stand up for public spaces that everyone can access safely and sustainably.
The Greens will:
- Advocate for quality public transport and walkable communities, with footpaths suitable for wheelchairs, mobility scooters and strollers
- Safe and well-connected cycleways and pedestrian crossings
- Council policies to support LGBTQ+ people, people with disabilities, refugees, multicultural communities and older people
- Provide free sanitary products to people in public spaces, ensuring more women and girls can access swimming pools and sporting facilities
- Providing safe, clean and accessible infrastructure, including playgrounds, beaches, toilets and Council spaces
- Create spaces for local artists to succeed, with subsidised access for locals
- Support the establishment of dedicated youth services and youth facilities for local young people
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From Bicycle Advocate & Statistical Consultant to Greens Councillor
It became obvious that cycling was the best and most convenient way to travel in cities when I bought a second hand bike at the age of 17 in my 2nd year at Aberdeen University.
Other people thought so too. When I moved to Edinburgh, cyclists were starting to lobby for a cycle route across the Meadows from the south to the central area. The Lothian Cycle Campaign – Spokes – was born and continues to this day. Notable successes included the Meadows cycleway, disused railway lines converted into a network of traffic-free cycle routes across the city, maps of the most suitable routes, contra-flow bike lanes, cycle rallies, rides including the annual Edinburgh to St Andrews ride and increasing numbers of cyclists counted passing through key intersections. I was treasurer of Spokes for over 10 years until I moved to a small town in NSW, named after Armadale on the Isle of Skye.
My Journey to the Greens — Judy Greenwood, Parramatta Council
Early Community Involvement A long time ago, around Y2K, I was pursuing a PhD at the University of New South...
My journey to the Greens – Peter Haggar, Bega Valley Greens Councillor
I moved to the beautiful Bega Valley, on what I now know is Djiringanj land, in 2006 with my partner Anna who was pregnant with our child. We were determined to become active in our new community and deeply concerned and excited by the challenges and opportunities that knowledge of the deepening climate and ecological crisis would unleash.
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