Northern Tablelands By-Election, 22 June 2024
Fairer health, education & social services
Fund rural & regional healthcare, education and social services according to needs, not just population, and provide the same quality of service as major cities
Affordable housing
Government to build affordable, energy-efficient new homes designed for our climate to supplement existing rentals & reduce renters’ cost livings
End climate-damaging subsidies
Save our climate, our money & our wildlife by ending subsidies for coal, gas & native forest logging (costing $441 per hectare in 2021).
Climate Action
Invest savings from not subsidizing coal, gas & logging into the cheapest form of electricity (renewables + storage) & other climate action to protect our precious planet and reduce the risk of increasing droughts, floods, devastating storms & bushfires.
Renewable Energy Rewards
Oblige renewable energy developers to offer low-cost energy deals for Renewable Energy Zone residents; remove bureaucratic barriers to accessing energy-efficiency rebates in non metropolitan areas
Convenient public transport
Develop a Northern Tablelands transport plan, ideally connecting Armidale, Guyra, Glen Innes, Inverell & Bundarra at least twice a day as well as connections to Uralla, Tamworth, Sydney and Brisbane
Local decision-making
Reverse cost shifting to local councils, reduce grandiose grants for ‘pork-barrelling’ projects and instead invest in local decision making, so local councils can spend funds where they will do the most good.
Truth in political advertising
Strong legislation to require claims made by politicians an all election material to be based on the truth. Claims, e.g. that nuclear power in Australia will not increase power prices to be based on reputable sources.
Putting People Before Politics
Dear Friends and Neighbours,
As an Armidale resident for over 30 years and an elected councilor, I put people before politics, and advocate strongly for a fair share of resources for this region.
We deserve the same quality of government services and healthcare and as long a life expectancy as metropolitan areas. I would stand up for this in the NSW Parliament.
We need strong climate action to protect agricultural productivity, our environment, our wildlife and the future of our children.
If NSW had the same coal royalties as Queensland, NSW would have had an extra $4.2-6.2 billion last financial year. Combined with putting an end to climate-damaging subsidies, cheap local renewable power, and the same access to energy-efficiency rebates as major cities, this would fund the services we need and alleviate our ever-rising cost of living.
Slashing the bureaucracy that demands major time and effort obtaining funds would allow local decision-making and local solutions such as justice reinvestment to create safer, friendlier communities with less need to spend public money on courts, lawyers and the $147,900 it costs per person per year for keeping people in prison.
Your vote is powerful. Use it to send a strong message to the major parties about reducing the cost of living and protecting our precious planet.
Yours sincerely,
Dorothy Robinson, Greens for Northern Tablelands
Your vote is powerful
Use it for a better, fairer, region
and a government committed to
Low-cost renewable energy
No climate-damaging subsidies. Redirect the money to:
Health & Dental care
Education & Social services
Affordable housing
Convenient public transport
Reduced costs of living
Climate Action to avoid disastrous climate tipping points & protect our planet, our future and our agricultural productivity
Replace bureaucracy & excessively time-consuming grant applications with local decision-making.
Authorised by:
A. Croft for The Greens NSW, 19/1 Hordern Place, Camperdown, NSW 2050.