Politics with integrity: why the Greens are different
All Greens Councillors are committed to The Greens values of ecological sustainability, grassroots democracy, social justice, and peace and nonviolence, but Greens Councillors are accountable to our local communities. We are bound by The Greens’ constitution to vote in the best interests of the community we are elected to represent, not a faceless party machine.
We don’t do deals, we don’t make decisions behind closed doors, and we won’t make promises we can’t keep.
The Greens never take donations from corporations or the gaming, liquor or property industries.
Our councillors make decisions based on evidence and principle, so you’ll always know where you stand. And you’ll always have our demonstrated commitment to hard work and honest discussion, whatever the issue.
OUR PLANS AND PRIORITIES
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 Wales while also throwing myself into a wide range of community and outdoor activities. I was involved in the bushwalking club, the Pigweed food...
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.
My journey to the Greens – Jennie Fenton, Bellingen
I was raised by progressive thinkers, mostly around the Northern Rivers of NSW, as part of the wave of post-Aquarius Festival settlers to the Region. They talked about ideas and issues, they read (real) newspapers and watched ABC news every night. I also experienced...
WHY I JOINED THE GREENS! David Jones Nambucca Valley Council
Like many people who are active in our wonderful Greens Political Party I started off in Student Uni politics, the ALP, young ALP politics. There was no Greens back then in Victoria. Having seen the processes of the Student Uni movement (dominated by ALP people) and...
Adrian Cameron Yass Valley Council
It began in 2013. I was at a Farmers’ Market at the local high school in Flemington in Melbourne. Amongst all the lovely fruit and veg was a big green table and Adam Bandt, the first Greens member of the House of Representatives for Melbourne, elected in 2010. It...
Submission to the 2026 Royal Commission
Waverley Greens made this submission to the 2026 Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion. The Commission has decided not to publish submissions on its website, so we have decided to make our submission available to interested readers here. Waverley...
Clare Willington, Deputy Mayor Randwick City Council
When I got the invitation to write a short piece on my journey to the Greens I was thrown right back to being a teenager in the UK…that’s a long way back now as I’ll be turning 70 in December. As a stroppy teenager I found my mother’s commitment and determination to...
My Journey to the Greens – Ryan Brooke
Ryan Brook - Greens Councillor on Tamworth Council I was a slow start within the Greens, but I'm making up that time now. I originally joined back in 2017, wanting to support the party I saw with both the policy platform and the actions in parliament that...
Why I joined the Greens Sujan Selventhiran – Cumberland Councillor
My journey with the Greens began long before I officially joined the party in 2014. In the years leading up to that, I was already volunteering, drawn in by something I hadn't found elsewhere in Australian politics, a willingness to stand on principle, even when it...
My Journey to the Greens – Liz Atkins, Inner West Greens Councillor
I come from a northern English working class background and came to Australia at 9 years old as a “ten pound Pom”. With grandparents on both sides who were staunch Labour (UK) voters all their lives but aspirational parents who came here to better themselves, from the...