Welcome: Brad's Blog

Hi! I'm Brad Pettitt and I'm your Greens candidate for the Southern Metropolitan region for the 2021 State Election.

As a  self-professed sustainability nerd, Mayor of Fremantle and dad, I've spent most of my life fascinated with how we build our communities from the ground up to work for all of us. I know that we're in the critical decade in which to tackle climate change, and I strongly believe we've got the tools and knowledge to make our systems and society vibrant, liveable, sustainable and ecologically driven. 

I wanted to create this space as a way to share my thoughts, inner musings and media responses with you all. I'd love for you to email me any feedback, thoughts or ideas for your community at brad.pettit@wa.greens.org.au or catch me on social media @bradforsouthmetro.

Enjoy!

Brad Pettitt

 

Op-Eds and Media Releases

Why we need more Greens in the upper house

10 March, 2021 - There are two things we can be relatively sure of in the upcoming state election: Labor will win the lower house, and that voting below the lin...

Sustainable cities, liveable neighbourhoods

27 February, 2021 - Perth city’s geographical footprint is significantly larger than that of Tokyo city’s, despite our population being a mere fractio...

BLOG: We should all have a safe place to sleep at night

18 January, 2021 - In a wealthy place like Perth, everyone should have a roof over their head and access to a strong social safety net. Yet more than 9,000 W...

MEDIA RELEASE The Battle for Beeliar: remembered and far from over

12 January, 2021 - On 12 January 2017, over one thousand protesters gathered early in the morning to stop the bulldozers at Beeliar Wetlands.  That morning...

Solar farm frustration (Freo Herald 19 Dec 20)

19 December, 2020 - A good write up in the Fremantle Herald about the frustration I've felt trying to get renewable energy projects off the ground in Fremantle....

A Tale of Two Cities

10 December, 2020 - Urban renewal and growth are critical issues for Metropolitan Perth. Whether change is met by controversy and conflict or creativity and com...

Port Kennedy Planning

10 December, 2020 - This week the WAPC will consider a major residential development south of the river at Port Kennedy in the Rockingham region, a coastal subu...

BLOG: Freo's Ten Year Turn Around

22 November, 2020 - For those that weren’t able to get to one of the screenings of the documentary "Freo's Ten Year Turn Around", you can watch it online below....