My journey to the Greens – Peter Haggar, Bega Valley Greens Councillor
Peter Haggar was elected to Bega Valley Shire Council in 2024. He carries on 20 years of Greens representation on the Council including by Councillors Keith Hughes and Cathy Griff, since 2004....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...
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...
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...
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...
Why I Ran for Council – Virginia Waters
Virginia Waters, Lismore Greens Councillor – Why I ran for Council I ran for council because I wanted to make a difference in our community at a time when there was not enough civil, strong, compassionate leadership. While there were dedicated voices such as...
My Journey to the Greens – Ludovico Fabiano
My Journey to the Greens Ludovico Fabiano, Waverley Greens Councillor since 2021 Ludovico Fabiano is a committed community advocate and Greens Councillor on Waverley Council. Ludovico is driven by a strong belief that local government can and should play a meaningful...
My Journey to the Greens – Diedre Stuart
Why I joined the Greens I grew up as the fourth of eight children in a very Catholic, very patriarchal family. My family prayed a lot, attended lots of masses and some more, but discussion of politics and sex and religion were pretty non-existent Thankfully my...
My Journey to the Greens – Simon Chate
Why I joined the Greens I grew up in Mosman, Sydney, the son of a rusted on Liberal-voting widow. As a kid, I spent as much of my time outdoors, exploring the local bush and taking full advantage of the standard 70’s “Don’t come back until dinner time” mentality. I...
January 2026 – Nola Firth
January 2026 I’ve had a win recently. After attending a Planet Ark circular economy conference I began working for textile recycling on our shire. We have donation points at our charities but most of the material isn’t saleable and goes to landfill. After...
My journey to the Greens – Arthur Bain
My journey to the Greens Was there life before the Greens? It’s hard to imagine now, but yes there was, and not as fulfilling as life is now. I grew up with strong social justice values, staunch union member and although never a member, a traditional Labor voter. As a...
My Journey to the Greens – January 2026
Greener and Greener This morning I went to pay my respects to old Blotchy for the first time this year. Old blotchy is a monumental spotted gum among many! He’s maybe 500 years old and 14 people arms outstretched in circumference. We both live on the lands of...
Why I joined the Greens – December 2025
I think I was predestined to join the Greens. My father was born in the west of Poland, then under German control, in 1915. He grew up in a small village, and told stories about going hungry, not having shoes and his family having to dig themselves out of the house...
Support pedestrian safety for Glover and Mary Streets
Support pedestrian safety for Glover and Mary Streets We all want to be safe getting around our local community especially around the Leichhardt Aquatic centre when there are so many children and young people. I’ve had a lot of reports by concerned pedestrians about...
Free Pool Entry Days for Inner West Aquatic Centre
Free Pool Entry Days for Inner West Aquatic Centre Do you think Council should investigate a trial for free pool entry at Inner West Aquatic Centres? At the February Inner West Council meeting, the Greens moved that council explore options for providing free pool...
We Need A Youth Centre in Ashfield
We Need A Youth Centre in Ashfield We are calling for a Youth Centre in Ashfield that is designed alongside young people and practitioners in the community. On 28th of February young people, family members and youth practitioners gathered at Ashfield Town Hall to talk...
Dominic King – we live in a beautiful part of the world
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Wendy Firefly – we are living on unceded Gumbaynggirr country.
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Build rent-capped, accessible council homes
We have a plan for council to directly address the housing crisis, by buying, investing in and building public homes.
Low cost renewable energy for renters
We have a plan to build a council-run community battery and solar network.
Reclaim our streets for people and nature
We have a plan to encourage the use of streets for community events. And we’ll reduce excessive visual pollution from advertising.