Australian Greens Leader Senator Richard Di Natale has welcomed the official start of the election campaign, declaring that the party has never been better equipped to offer a progressive alternative to the old parties.
\n\u201cWe\u2019re ready. On May 18, we\u2019ll give the Australian people a genuine alternative to the old parties, one that offers a positive plan for Australia that will create a better future for all of us,\u201d Sen. Di Natale said.
\n\u201cThis is the climate change election. Only the Greens have a real plan to tackle dangerous climate change and transition Australia out of coal to a jobs-rich, renewable economy. The Greens have a plan that is based on science, not politics.
\n\u201cThe Liberal and Labor parties won\u2019t take the action we need on the climate because they are too compromised by the millions of dollars they take from their big donors in the coal, oil and gas lobby. The Greens don\u2019t take big corporate donations, so our only focus is what\u2019s best for people.
\n\u201cOver the next 37 days, we\u2019ll be outlining our comprehensive plan to turn Australia into a renewable energy superpower, move to 100 percent renewables by 2030 and create more than 180,000 jobs across the economy in the process.
\n\u201cNeither Labor nor the Liberals have a plan to end the digging up, burning and exporting of coal, which is the biggest single contributor to climate change worldwide. If you don\u2019t have a plan to transition out of coal you don\u2019t have a plan to tackle climate change, it\u2019s as simple as that.
\n\u201cYou only need to walk through electorates like Macnamara, Kooyong or Higgins to see that people want to send a message to the Liberals that we need strong action on climate change.
\n\u201cOur goal is to return our brilliant team of Senators: Nick McKim, Larissa Waters, Janet Rice, Mehreen Faruqi, Jordon Steele-John, Sarah Hanson-Young, and to re-elect Adam Bandt and continue to build our lower house representation. We\u2019ll put all of our energy into making that a reality, and to put ourselves into a position to hold a future Shorten Labor government to account.
\n\u201cThis election you have the chance to join the Greens in building a future for all of us, and I\u2019m so excited to be kicking off this campaign today in Macnamara with our positive, progressive plan to tackle the big issues facing all Australians.
\n\u201cAcross the country, it\u2019s clear that people want a plan to prevent the breakdown of our climate. Only the Greens have a plan to transition out of coal and into renewables, and at this election you help make that change a reality.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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