{"id":15490,"date":"2022-03-15T14:33:35","date_gmt":"2022-03-15T14:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=15490"},"modified":"2022-03-15T14:33:35","modified_gmt":"2022-03-15T14:33:35","slug":"greens-leader-in-wa-to-share-balance-of-power-priorities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2022\/03\/15\/greens-leader-in-wa-to-share-balance-of-power-priorities\/","title":{"rendered":"Greens Leader in WA to share balance of power priorities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Polling shows Greens on track to re-elect Dorinda Cox<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his first visit to WA since becoming Greens Leader, Adam Bandt will join Senator Dorinda Cox and key candidates to outline the party\u2019s key priorities for WA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr Bandt, who grew up in WA, is in Western Australia to promote the party\u2019s plans to tackle the climate crisis by phasing out coal and gas, and to tax billionaires to fund the services we all need, giving voters across the country the only alternative to Liberal and Labor\u2019s bipartisan support for tax cuts for the rich and mining more coal and gas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the Greens poised to be in balance of power in the Senate, the Greens say they are ready to kick the Liberals out and make the next government tax billionaires, build affordable housing, get dental and mental health into Medicare and go further and faster on climate action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Polling, included below, shows the Greens are on track to hold our Senate spot in WA, off the back of strong popular support for making the billionaires and big corporations pay their fair share of tax, putting a pause on coal and gas projects and making dental and mental health free as part of Medicare. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Western Australia will be a deciding state this election, with the Greens in a strong position to grow their vote and win the balance of power. The Greens\u2019 Lead Senate Candidate is Dorinda Cox, a Yamatji Noongar Bibbulmun woman who in her short time in the Senate has already demonstrated she is a strong independent voice for WA,  through securing a parliamentary inquiry into missing and murdered Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander  women and children, leading the Senate Inquiry into the Beetaloo Basin, pusing the Morrison Government on its approval of the climate-wrecking Scarborough gas project, and for a moratorium on all new coal and gas projects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recent Greens polling (below) demonstrates that at the coming Federal election, there is a strong appetite for Greens in the Senate to keep the next Government on track and ensure a cleaner, fairer future for all, with 12% of Western Australians preferring to vote Green in the Senate this time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Greens Leader\u2019s visit to WA follows a regional tour of mining regions Newcastle, Townsville, Roickhampton and Gladstone to promote the Greens\u2019 plan to support a transition from coal and gas projects to the industries of the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adam Bandt has a long connection to Western Australia: growing up in Perth, going to school at Rosalie Primary and Hollywood High, as well as studying at Murdoch University, and a passionate Fremantle Dockers supporter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Greens Leader, Adam Bandt MP said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe next election will be closer than people think and a power sharing Parliament is the most likely outcome.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

\u201cInstead of wasting their vote on Liberal and Labor parties that can\u2019t win a majority in their own right, voters in WA can vote Greens in the Senate and get one of the most powerful MPs in the country.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn balance of power, the Greens will kick Scott Morrison out and push the next government to tax billionaires, build affordable housing and go further and faster on climate.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAlmost half of WA voters back the Greens\u2019 plan for a freeze on all new coal and gas projects, and 9 out of 10 West Australians back the Greens\u2019 plan to get dental and mental health into Medicare. Western Australians back the Greens\u2019 key balance of power demands.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWA is going to be a key contest in the next election, and we\u2019re feeling a massive swell of support on the ground for action on climate change and economic inequality. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs a Noongar Yamatji First Nations woman, Dorinda Cox knows and understands the importance of caring for Country and our environment. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn balance of power, Dorinda Cox will be integral in pushing the next government to go further and faster on climate action, so that we can protect and sustain our environment for future generations to enjoy.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWA is set to comprehensively reject Clive Palmer, thanks to his hugely unpopular court case targeting the state\u2019s border closures. WA wants nothing to do with Clive Palmer, and when people re-elect Dorinda Cox, we won\u2019t just keep Palmer\u2019s malignant influence out of Parliament, we\u2019ll tax his obscene wealth, allowing us to put dental and mental health into Medicare, kickstart the hydrogen and green metals revolution, and significantly increase federal funding for WA hospitals.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Greens Senator and lead Senate Candidate, Dorinda Cox said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am from a long line of women who have fought for their people, their country and their future. And as the Greens Senator, I am ready to fight for WA. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLiberal and Labor are both taking millions in donations from big coal and gas corporations.  <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn Western Australia, we have some of the biggest coal and gas projects in the world, and many of the big corporations are making massive profits, and not paying their fair share of tax. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s clear that Western Australians want action on climate, affordable housing and a better life for all of us. I\u2019m here to be a strong voice fighting for West Australians in Canberra. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Media Background: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The poll also demonstrates that despite a massive ad spend, Clive Palmer has thus far failed to convincingly advance his position from the last election, where he polled 1.75% in WA\u2019s Senate race. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With other polling suggesting he\u2019s currently tracking at 4% of the vote in NSW, this suggests that his attempt to sue the WA Government has backfired disastrously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Greens will be using the community\u2019s anger at Clive Palmer to direct energy towards the party\u2019s \u2018tax the billionaires\u2019 campaign – with the taxes to pay for hugely popular Greens proposals like putting dental and mental health into medicare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The poll shows strong backing from West Australians for the Greens\u2019 key balance of power demands of a pause on all new coal and gas projects and getting dental and mental health into Medicare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

KEY ISSUES & POLICY LOCALISATION FIGURES:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Greens are campaigning this election for:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n