Undecided voters flood pre-poll
An overwhelming number of voters have not made up their mind before they reach the polling booth door, workers at pre-poll booths in Tweed Heads, Murwillumbah and Byron Bay reported yesterday.
Grill a Green campaign heats up
Fishermen at Tweed Heads yesterday tackled The Greens candidate for Richmond, Joe Ebono, over the use of marine parks to manage fish. The candidate confronted 300 angry fishermen at Jack Evans boat harbour in an attempt to put the Greens case. Greens councillor for Tweed Heads, Katie Milne, was the only other Green at the event.
Greens support Buttery bid to double services
Media release
Wednesday 11 August, 2010
For Immediate Release
Greens want ban on ATM bank fees
The Greens say they will try to stop the big four banks from charging unnecessary fees. The party wants to ban banks from charging customers a $2 fee when they use an ATM belonging to a different institution.
Senator backs Richmond Greens' call for end to preference deals
The Greens will resubmit legislation outlawing preference deals, South Australian Senator, Sarah Hanson Young, told reporters Brisbane yesterday.
Joe Interviews Dick Smith on Food Security
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For immediate release
Wednesday, 28 July 2009
Conservative sell-off caused food security fears
The coalition is responsible for the foreign buy up of Australian farms, Joe Ebono, The Greens candidate for Richmond said this morning.
Why vote GREEN?
One of the things that is patently obvious in the upcoming elections is that neither of the main political parties has either the will or the interest in making any substantial inroads into our carbon emissions.
Conservative caused food security crisis
The coalition is responsible for the foreign buy up of Australian farms, Joe Ebono, The Greens candidate for Richmond said this morning.
“It was the Nationals and Liberals under Howard who changed the rules about foreign investment and opened the floodgates,” he said.
It's past the time to get off the pot
Labor in Richmond is politically bankrupt. It only managed to scrape together 4.2% of the vote in Byron and 18% compared to the Greens 14% in Lismore during the 2008 council elections. It did not run a candidate in Tweed Heads. It does not have a state seat in the area.
Greens will not preference Justine Elliot
The Greens will not preference the ALP in the seat of Richmond, candidate Joe Ebono announced today. Richmond is not one of the marginal seats involved in the deal announced last week, he said.
“Local Greens feel that Justine Elliot has done nothing for this electorate that encourages us to advise our voters to support her,” he said.
