Given the campaign material that arrived in my mailbox yesterday from the Liberal Party (authorised by Queensland Senator George Brandis), it seems Malcolm Cole has no desire at all to win theRead More…
Baxter 2005: A Greens Perspective – now on YouTube!
Finally figured out how to upload my Baxter Refugee Convergence video from Easter 2005 to YouTube! I was inspired to FINALLY post this in solidarity with those currently converging on Yongah HillRead More…
Nicola’s Yongah Hill refugee convergence twitter feed
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My Dad and I give a Gonski and our Premier should too.
All children, not just an exclusive few, deserve the best our education funding can offer them. No matter where our kids live – in Moreton, in Mareeba or in Mooloolaba – equality ofRead More…
Join me to save Tenant Services, Malcolm Cole
Campbell Newman has described tenants advice services as ‘a luxury we can’t afford’. Where is the compassion? Free tenancy advice for tenants is available through 23 community based services across the state.Read More…
The places you love are too precious to lose
Our Federal Environment Minister wants to hand over most of his powers to State Governments. The Great Barrier Reef, the Tarkine, Leadbeater’s possum – places and wildlife that are too precious toRead More…
Harmony Day at Moorooka. Many stories, one Australia.
Tonight I enjoyed a lovely Harmony Day dinner at Yoshi Buna, a relatively new Ethio African restaurant at Moorooka. It was a lovely evening with a diverse group of folk who supportRead More…
Annerley bus stop ‘yarn bombed’ to raise awareness of the 121 and 116 bus routes
An Annerley resident sent me these photos today. It seems the local Annerley bus stop has been ‘yarn bombed’ to raise awareness of the opportunity for local residents who may be affectedRead More…
3rd Asia Pacific Greens Network Congress – March 15 – Philippines!
Best news I’ve heard all year! Early Announcement: 2014 3rd Asia Pacific Greens Network (APGN) Congress. The 3rd APGN Congress will be hosted by the GREENS PH Philippine Green Party /Partido Kalikasan)Read More…
Keep uranium in the ground and honour what the baby boomers fought to end
This story today on Queensland Government moving to resume uranium mining sure shows we are going backwards in Queensland. I was 6 and my flatmate was 1 when uranium was last minedRead More…
Greens Music Trivia Fundraiser for Moreton!
RSVP on Facebook! Come along to support the election campaign in Moreton and have fun with us while you’re at it. Lovely Moreton campaign volunteers from Yeerongpilly Greens have concocted some awesomeRead More…
Flying foxes are worth saving
One evening I was driving along in a storm and it was bucketing down. I looked to the side of the road and saw a flying fox drowning in a gutter. MyRead More…
Good luck to WA Greens today! If only we had an upper house in QLD!
The Greens WA have been doing amazing work in their state parliament, in campaigning in the lead up to their state election and on the hustings today. WA deserves strong Greens representationRead More…
Malcolm Cole stands alongside fear mongers – a crying shame for Moreton
Tony Abbott’s fear mongering is scary stuff (irony intended). While Abbott harps on about asylum seekers ‘disappearing into the community’, his Shadow Immigration Minister Scott Morrison wants ‘behavioural protocols’ for asylum seekersRead More…
Media Release: Elissa Jenkins back to win three party contest in Moreton
The Queensland Greens have selected the high profile and experienced Elissa Jenkins to contest the electorate of Moreton, Queensland’s most marginal Federal seat. In 2010 The Greens received one of their largestRead More…
Transparent policy separates us from the old parties
http://greens.org.au/policies Had a lovely evening tonight with my fellow Greens candidates – we had a bit of a shin dig where we focused on policy, policy, policy. One fairly significant thing thatRead More…
Fast chickening out of doing the World’s Greatest Shave!
World’s Greatest Shave Donation Page – Elissa Jenkins I am fast chickening out of doing the World’s Greatest Shave! I’ve got a respectable campaign to run in Moreton! I’m as nervous asRead More…
Increased aircraft over Moreton – on cloudy days and then some?
I have just had 8 planes fly over in the last 15 minutes. In 2004, when I lived on the east-side of Brisbane and was running in Bonner, I heard a lotRead More…