Nov 5, 2008 - 2008 Election, ANZUS, Greens, Obama | comments(0)
This is the text of a media release from Senator Bob Brown, Leader of the Australian Greens.
Greens from New Zealand and Australia have joined to welcome the election of Barack Obama as the next President of the United States and are warning climate change deniers that their political allies are dwindling.
Australian Greens leader Senator Bob Brown said in Auckland today “President-elect Barack Obama raises the hopes of the world for a fairer, securer more ecologically sound future.
“The world’s richest nation is set to enter a new era. Hope for George W. Bush’s replacement will return a greater decency and dignity to the White House. The world faces a rapid countdown to climate change, over consumption and misuse of catastrophic weaponry.
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Oct 20, 2008 - Australian Capital Territory, Federal Elections, Greens, New South Wales, Voting & Elections | comments(0)
Following their strong showing in the weekend’s ACT election, the Leader of the Australian Greens, Senator Bob Brown, says the electorate is turning greener.
Senator Brown issued this statement:
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Oct 19, 2008 - A.L.P., Australian Capital Territory, Greens, Liberal Party, New South Wales, The Nationals | comments(0)
The ACT Labor government of Jon Stanhope has lost its majority in today’s elections.
The ALP seems likely to be reduced from 10 to 7 seats in the Legislative Assembly. The Liberal Party appears to have also won 7 seats, whilst the Greens have picked up 2 seats to take their total to 3.
Negotiations between the major parties and the Greens will now determine the outcome of the election.
The ALP polled 37.6% of the primary vote, a 9.3% swing. The Liberal Party primary vote declined by 3.7% to 31.1%. The Greens vote increased by 6.6% to 15.9%.
The ALP has also suffered massive swings in NSW state by-elections. In Ryde, previously held by former Deputy Premier John Watkins, there has been a swing of over 20% against the ALP and the seat has been won by the Liberal Party with 53% of the primary vote.
The ALP appears set to retain two of its safest seats, Cabramatta and Lakemba, although there has been a swing of around 22% in Cabramatta and a double digit swing in Lakemba.
In Port Macquarie, an independent candidate seems set to win against a determined effort by the Nationals to regain the seat once held by the current independent member for the Federal electorate of Lyne, Rob Oakeshott.
