Susie Russell for Lyne

Lyne By-election

Susie Russell lives with her partner Greg on a rural property near the small village of Elands on the ridge between the Hastings and Manning valleys on the Mid-North Coast. She is a woman of integrity, common sense and compassion.

Susie has worked in various professions and is a passionate environmentalist. She has been an office-bearer with the North Coast Environment Council for the last ten years, and a Co-ordinator of the North East Forest Alliance since 1995, playing an important role in the campaign to save the oldgrowth forests of her region.

She is also a company director, volunteer at the Elands Primary School and active in the Manning Reconciliation group. She has been a candidate for the Greens at both state and national levels since 1995.

If elected, Susie would:

• Be a voice of reason in the House of Representatives
• Move for immediate and decisive action to combat global warming
• Push for an immediate pension increase
• Support immediate action to rescue the Murray-Darling River system.
• Work to re-energise Australia, supporting renewable energy, balanced industrial relations, sustainable industries, and a cleaner environment
• Campaign for an independent, non-violent, nuclear-free and cooperative foreign policy
• Help create a healthy economy with a healthy society and a healthy environment
• Support action to correct injustices to indigenous Australians

Susie Russell’s long-term commitment and experience in environmental and social justice action shows she is ready to represent Lyne.