Green Issue

Newsletter of The Greens (WA)

Vol. 32, No. 1

February 2023

Articles

IMAGINE PEACE

It is about time humanity abandoned the habit of choosing war as a solution to disputes, and gave peace a chance!

UPSET ABOUT OFFSETS

Do greenhouse gas offsets contribute to emissions reduction, or are they just an excuse to continue emitting?

WHAT WILL PRECARITY DO TO US?

One person’s flexibility is another’s precarity. While it is helpful to think in terms of both sides, we must be honest about what the uncertainty underpinning the new world is doing to us.

LGBTQIA+ LEGISLATION QUEUED FOR 2023

It’s an exciting year for LGBTQIA+ legislation in WA, but the devil will be in the details

SECURE AFFORDABLE HOMES FOR ALL

The Greens current campaign to build 275,000 social housing units and strengthen renter’s rights has much in common with Post-War UK Council Estates

FREE, ACCESSIBLE HEALTH CARE?

The Greens policies go a long way to addressing the challenges posed by the health system, including making dental and mental health care free under Medicare

A LAW OF AVERAGES?

Robodebt and Algorithmic Accountability

FROM A DIARY OF A FARMER

From a small organic farm, through industrial agriculture and then back to organic farming

From our MPs

DORINDA COX’S FEBRUARY UPDATE

Protesting pipelines, at a Senate inquiry involving First Nations Women and Children, in Senate Estimates and campaigning for a Truth-telling Commission

JORDON STEELE-JOHN’S FEBRUARY UPDATE

With the ADHD campaign, Senate estimates, visiting O-days and advocating for Julian Assange, human rights in Iran and lowering the voting age

BRAD PETTITT’S FEBRUARY UPDATE

A busy start to the year covering issues of environment and sustainable habitat, penal conditions and animal welfare, and visiting university O-days

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Published by The Greens (WA) ABN 41 747 355 722, 91/215 Stirling St, Perth, WA 6000

Contributing editors Rob Delves, Chris Johansen, Julie Scanlon, Beverley Dight, Damian Brennan, Tamsyn Heynes, David Lumsden. Technical advice Pete. 

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