Hi, I’m Donna and I’m honoured to be your Greens candidate for Capalaba.

I believe that if you want change, you need to create it, and now more than ever, change is urgently needed to build and sustain a fairer future for everyone.

I’ve lived in the Redlands most of my life – for nearly 50 years. I’m a university music lecturer, and while music might seem a long way from politics, I’ve published on the positive role of music in environmental action, First Nations health, and asylum seeker wellbeing. My job brings together my passions – music, the environment and social justice.

Over the decades, the changes I’ve seen in the Redlands are not of the kind I’d like to see – the unsustainable selling out of precious koala and wildlife bushland to property developers, rapidly escalating cost of living, increased crime rates, and dwindling access to affordable healthcare, with little support for community infrastructure.  

The two big parties would have you believe that the staggering profits going to big corporations are for the economic benefit of all, and that free healthcare and education are not economically viable.

It doesn’t have to be this way. 

An increase in royalties on mining companies in line with the rest of the world would generate $61 billion dollars over 4 years, more than enough to make our schools and healthcare genuinely free, build 100,000 public homes and take financial pressure off millions of everyday Australians. 

Sustainability is not just about the environment. A sustainable future is one in which every person has the right to an affordable lifestyle and basic human rights such as education and healthcare. The Greens have a comprehensive economic plan in place to put a stop to spiralling grocery prices and to provide affordable housing and stress-free renting. When financial pressures are reduced, community-building thrives, and that means a safer and more secure Redlands for everyone.

The Greens don’t take corporate donations like other parties so we work for you - not vested interests. We can achieve significant positive change through the support and voices of everyday people who just want what is rightfully theirs – a just and safe future – and who are prepared to use their voting power to achieve it.

If you are looking for real change, join me in this fight.