2025-01-04
Helping community and public housing convert to renewable energy and stopping handouts to fossil fuel companies, but disappointed at the Government’s failure to meet the needs of the ADHD community
Hello!
It’s been a massive year for our Greens community here in WA and I have thoroughly enjoyed the privilege and responsibility of being one of your Greens voices in Canberra.
2025 is set to be even bigger with our State election in March and the Federal election before the end of May. There has never been a more important time to get involved through volunteering, donating or even just having a conversation with a friend or family member about voting Green.
I wanted to use this space to reflect on some of the biggest wins we have achieved together this year that prove just how powerful we are when we come together to make change.
In June, after 5 years in maximum security prison and 7 years stuck in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, Julian Assange was finally freed and allowed to return home.
It came after a decade of sustained pressure brought by the community, Julian’s family and friends and activists all over the world was simply too much for the US and Australian governments to ignore any longer.
We must always work for freedom of the press and the rights of journalists and whistleblowers around the world and here at home.
In the last sitting week of parliament the Greens used our numbers in the parliament to achieve two massive reforms that will help deliver genuine results for our community.
Firstly, we were able to get an extra $500m to public and community housing across the country. The measure could help 50,000 social homes be retrofitted with energy efficient upgrades such as air conditioning and insulation; electric hot water systems, cooktops and ovens; and solar panels and batteries and helping tenants save approximately $1,800 a year on power bills.
Secondly, the Greens also secured amendments to the government’s Future Made in Australia Legislation that would prohibit that program being used to give handouts to coal, oil and gas companies.
In December, after over a year the government finally responded to the landmark inquiry into access and barriers to ADHD support in Australia. Sadly the government response was woefully inadequate at meeting the requests and needs of the ADHD community across the country.
While it's pleasing that the government has supported some of the recommendations, it is disappointing that, in my view, the government's response does not reflect the urgency of the situation nor commit to the scale of changes needed to improve the lives of ADHDers.
But the community has vowed to keep up the pressure and together we can push this government to do more and we will.
These are just some of the big issues we have been able to achieve change on in the last few months of campaigning and in parliament and like I said above, 2025 is one of the most important years for our movement here in WA.
I hope you have a wonderful holiday season and can’t wait to see you out on the campaign trail next year.
In Solidarity,
Jordon
Header photo: At a recent doorknock in the Federal Seat of Perth