Talk:Greens Western Australia

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How about the dates for the terms of office of the various Green parliamentarians. John D. Croft 13:58, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

There is bias in this story that needs objective review.

Jo Vallintine and her powerful grassroots support base effectively were the "Greens" in WA for most of the 80's.

What about mentioning the disproportionate impact of Jo Vallintine's Nuclear Disarmament Party and the huge membership base and supporters compared to the couple of dozen "official Greens" during this decade.

socialist / communist / big G / little g / woman's collectives / nimby / greens groups of the time could only manage to stand a couple of candidates in their local areas elections, never mind staffing the booths, do door knocks, leaflet drops and campaigning prior to polling days state wide.

A major driver was the Australian electoral act being amended in an attempt to stop "minor parties" from getting senate seats - requiring an existing elected member or 500 members before being called a party -

Factions of the Australian Democrats, right-wing business and political interests, and a couple members of the affected groups were also attempting to whiteant this merger, they all eventually failed when the petty differences were eventually buried and consensus reached when the Greens(WA) were formed on Jan 01 1990.

121.221.99.241 (talk) 06:09, 1 March 2009 (UTC) Eddie S.

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 * The Australian Greens are a major political party. They set out for social justice by reducing the number of people living in poverty, reducing the gap between the rich and the poor, and making it socially unacceptable to discriminate wrongly. They want more people to participate in government decision making. They care a lot for the environment and want to ensure that human activity is environmentally friendly. The Greens get people to develop an environmentally aware conscience. They also promote peace, global responsibility, make long term decisions, want to develop a sustainable economy, and are aware of religious, ethnic, and racial diversity when they make decisions.


 * They are the Australian Greens party. The Greens (world wide) has been around before it was developed as an Australian party and had supporters in Australia then to. In 1984 Petra Kelly from the Greens in West Germany strongly encouraged Greens supporters here to form a party, and then in 1992 there was a conference involving Greens followers that finally decided on the formation of the Australian Greens. It was then in 1992 that the Australian Greens formed.


 * The Australian Greens have four seats in the senate. In 1996 Bob Brown (leader of the Australian Greens) was elected to senate and was re-elected in 2001 when Kerry Nettle joined the senate. Now there are also Rachel Siewert and Christine Milne in the senate with them. Since then the Greens party has grown greatly. There are also many other members of the greens not in parliament. The Greens supports local work and organizations. This helps win supporters as well.


 * When the Australian Greens started they were already well known and already had some supporters. This made it easier for them to become a major political party. They were elected to senate in 1996, 4 years after beginning. They were known because they exist in other states. There are over 70 Greens parties all over the world and 23 nations have elected greens to public office.


 * The Australian Greens see themselves as a new type of politics party. A former Tasmanian Greens member summed the way they were leading people as, "...neither left nor right but forward." Members of other Australian political parties say Greens policies are "radical". A strong perception exists that the Greens are only about ecology but they have grown to work towards peace, freedom, anti discrimination and giving people meaningful jobs and lives.

Anything worthwhile in this material should be incorporated into the main Australian Greens article, as it is not WA-specific.  JEREMY 07:36, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

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