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Lindsay Peters

The Australian Greens candidate for Bennelong

Candidate

Why I am standing

I am contesting this election as a Greens candidate to provide the opportunity for citizens of Bennelong to express their desire for a more just and compassionate government, for balance in the Senate, and for the end of the Howard era which has brought us racial intolerance, no action on climate change, the war in Iraq, continued environmental destruction, unjust Industrial Relations legislation and the silencing of dissent.

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Important issues in my electorate

The most important issue in Bennelong is the removal of John Howard. This would be a great symbol that Australians are ready to put behind themselves this past 11 years of injustices to refugees, inaction on climate change, continuing destruction of our precious Australian environment, the unjust Work Choices legislation, and the relentless attacks on the foundations of our democracy by silencing debate, persecuting and prosecuting dissenters, and reducing the government's accountability.

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Important policy documents

- Work Choices ripped up, no ifs or buts
- Introduce industrial manslaughter legislation
- Introduce parental leave
- All workers protected from unfair dismissal
- Repeal punitive requirements of the Welfare to Work act
- Increase foreign aid to 0.7% GDP
- Independent foreign policy - oppose pre-emptive strikes
- Troops out of Iraq and Afghanistan immediately,
- No polluting pulp mill in the Tamar Valley
- Stop logging of our old-growth forests
- End broad-scale land clearing
- Fund recovery plans for endangered species
- Strengthen biodiversity conservation legislation
- Ensure sustainable use of our marine and coastal resources
- Ratify Kyoto now, and show leadership in post Kyoto agreements
- 30% greenhouse gas reduction by 2020, 80% by 2050
- 25% renewable energy target by 2020
- Introduce carbon tax and trading scheme
- Transition Australia from coal to renewables
- Replace all off-peak electric water heaters by solar or gas
- Guaranteed long term "feed-in" price for renewable energy
- end the subsidies to the coal industry
- Stop uranium mining
- halt growth in energy consumption by 2009
- plan for the looming global oil depletion crisis
- mandatory energy efficiency standards for applicances and buildings
- mandatory fuel efficiency standards for vehicles
- no GST for public transport
- No FBT concessions for company cars
- Increase tariff for 4WDs except for primary producers
- Build new rail infrastructure rather than motorways
- Keep all major water resources in public ownership
- Set water efficiency standards for new developments and appliances
- Support the recovery of the Murray Darling
- Support water recycling and demand reduction initiatives
- Negotiate a treaty with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
- Formally apologise to the Stolen Generation
- Make Aboriginal health and education a priority
- End mandatory detention and offshore processing of asylum seekers
- No citizenship tests
- No temporary protection visas that leave refugees in limbo
- Introduce an Australian Bill of Rights
- Strengthen Freedom of Information Legislation
- End corporate political donations
- All personal political donations greater than $1500 to be disclosed
- Costs of government advertising to be publicised
- Replace counter-terrorism laws with laws that protect universal human rights
- Voting age lowered to 16
- Equal rights for same sex couples
- Invest in public health, public education, public transport, public housing instead of giving tax cuts
- Mandate 10% of new housing developments to be for publicly funded, affordable housing
- Abolish HECS
- Increase core funding for Higher Education and research
- Introduce means test for payments to private schools
- Incorporate Aust Training Colleges into the TAFE system
- Repeal Voluntary Student Unionism
- National "Denticare" insurance
- Ban junk food advertising on children's TV
- Direct the private health insurance rebate to public hospitals
- Establish 24 hr community mental health services
- Properly fund carers of people with a disability
- Provide funding for group homes for disabled people
- Increase old age pension by $30/week
- Increase funding for ABC, SBS and community radio
- Increase local content requirements for broadcast media
- Ensure the Senate is restored as a house of serious debate and review

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Contact Details

Other Candidates

ALLEN, David - IND
CORDINER, Graeme - IND
GOLDFINCH, Peter - DEM
* HOWARD, John - LP
LEYONHJELM, David - LDP
MARKWELL, Lorraine - FFP
MCKEW, Maxine - ALP
PEEBLES, Robyn - CDP
SPENCER, Gavin - CEC
TAHIR, Yusuf - IND
TRACANELLI, Margherita - CCC
WATERSON, Victor - ON

* incumbent

Previous Elections

Lindsay has also been a candidate in the following elections:

New South Wales Election 2007