i'll be voting for the greens. here are some reasons why.......



1. The Greens stand up for what’s right, not just what’s easy. Whether it’s protecting the environment, introducing universal dental care, opposing the war in Iraq or advocating for refugees to be treated humanely, the Greens are driven by values, not polls.



2. It’s the Party many are heading to. The Greens are the third largest political party in Australia, with five national Senators, 21 State MPs and more than 100 local Greens councillors already playing a positive and constructive role across Australia. More than a million Australians voted Green in 2007, the fastest-growing party in the country.



3. Break the deadlock in the Senate between the Government and the Opposition. Last time the Government of the day also got control of the Senate, and we got WorkChoices. This weekend, the Opposition could easily win control of the Senate, which would deliver Australians nothing but three years of deadlock. We deserve a Senate that will work for us and deliver strong, sensible action – not just spin.



4. Provide future generations with clean air, clean water and clean soil. The Greens will tackle climate change by putting a price on carbon for big polluters in the next term of government. It’s time we created new clean energy jobs and started investing in the economy of the future.



5. Make legislation better. When the Coalition tried to block the stimulus package that kept Australia out of recession, the Greens passed it with added environmental and small business benefits. The Greens will do the same thing to improve the mining super profits tax – to ensure Australians get a fair share of our resources.



6. The Greens have vision. When Bob Brown first spoke to the Senate about climate change 14 years ago, his Labor and Liberal colleagues actually laughed at him, and now that they finally understand the magnitude of the issue, we’re laughing at their attempts to address it. The Greens are also the only party working to end all forms of legal discrimination against Australians based on sexuality. The Greens focus on what’s right for the next generation, not just the next election cycle.



7. Not Steve Fielding. The power to scuttle legislation currently rests with Steve Fielding, who refuses to accept the science of climate change and have views out of touch with most Australians.



8. An environmental party - and much, much more. The Greens stand for much more than just cutting carbon pollution, securing our water supplies and protecting our environment. Think better public schools, more funding for hospitals and fixing our broken mental health system. The Greens also drive great new ideas, like building high-speed rail between Australia’s major cities, which is now gaining momentum but would never have gotten up otherwise.



9. For a more powerful vote. Another Labor or Liberal candidate will just vote the way they’re told. With the Greens, every vote is a conscience vote. If you’re disappointed with Labor but don’t want Tony Abbott, you can send a powerful message to Julia Gillard. And if your Greens candidate doesn’t win, your vote will simply go to the next candidate of your choice at full value.



10. Bob Brown. A genuinely decent politician and the most experienced party leader in Parliament.

kika how can you be sucked in by Bob Brown and his dirty stinking way of life .

The greens will stop the rebate on Health Insurance ,and give us a carbon tax ,same sex marriage, marriage should only be between man and woman,they don't like mining or they will put higher tax on mining,but if this is what you want Kika well go ahead vote for the stinking Greens

So who has posted this - a Greens Member or prospective Greens' MP, I wonder?

I do not trust any of them, frankly!

I agree with Kika and have also decided to vote for the Greens.



Dr. Bob Brown is someone I respect highly. I am surprised at the fear and ignorance some of you on this message board are showing about the Greens.

"Fear and ignorance" is a harsh judgement of people who have examined the policies of The Greens and rejected them. Likewise, respect for Bob Brown is a personal judgement and some do not find him respectable at all. No doubt we will all vote according to our conscience and that is not a bad thing at all.

David, Kaye, Debbie, Drew.



I am really angry. How dare you subliminally encourage people, many of them vulnerable, to vote for the Party of your choice....the Labor Party. Very cleverly done you play around with the Greens (whose preferences go to the Labor Party) and Drew even pretends to be an old time Liberal but...very clever...maybe not this time.



At this point you are probably saying I am a Liberal and just being petty because you did not mainline the Liberals. You would be wrong. Its the principal that is the point. You have a site that deals with senior citizens of all persuasions...you have games and recipes and you answer peoples problems......and of course you have peoples attention and also a certain percentage of peoples devotion. You have absolutely no right to parade a lopsided view on a site like this. Very irresponsible, but then, I suspect it was done with a purpose David wasn't it? This site is probably supported by all manner of sponsors and is probably worth a great deal of dollars.



Shame on you. No different from any other person throwing principles aside for their own gain.



Shame on you.



Rhystan

Dr. Bob Brown is someone I respect highly. I am surprised at the fear and ignorance some of you on this message board are showing about the Greens.



Are you serious Elderwoman or is your tongue firmly in your cheek and you are you only having us on?



Lets really look what the Greens stand for---



Among their dopey policies, the Greens plan to shut down the coal industry and introduce a Carbon Tax, which should see most of us sitting in the cold and dark not being able to afford electricity. The greens say they will use renewables. We get, under the best weather conditions, around 6% of our power from renewables and that's mainly from hydro schemes that the Greens dont plan to invest in.



Asylum seekers who arrive here by boat will be released among us after 14 days and provided with all benefits, free medical and free schools. I'm assuming with this comes free housing, while leaving our homeless to suffer under the stars.



The Greens will set up injecting rooms for junkies and hand out marijuana for medical cases.



What bothers me most is the Electrical Trades Union has recently given the Greens $325,000 of their members money in return for the Greens promising to repeal the laws relating to lawlessness on building sites. Ive asked repeatedly here for Labor voters to explain what Gillard has done in 'scrapping' WorkChoices without response. Now it seems the Unions are unhappy with FairWork and have gone through the backdoor in getting the IR laws changed again by other devious means, ie; the Greens.



I suggest same sex marriages will soon follow as will same sex adoptions of defenceless little kids. Makes my stomach turn just thinking about it. The problem simmering under the surface of the Greens is their Social Alliance radical left faction which has gradually taken control over the Brown's green (tree hugging) faction, and putting out loopy policy and loopy candidates.



Thats what the Greens REALLY stand for. They are a party to be avoided at ALL costs because they WILL take this country back to the days of the horse and cart. In individual seats unless you set the preferences, the Greens vote will flow to Labor.



The Greens wont be able to ever govern in their own right but will blackmail the other parties to get their support for legislation.



Vote Greens at your peril

Very, very curious!! All Labor voters. The only interesting or should I say amusing thing to come out of these last few days, is that I thought Julia Gillard was saying Mr Rabbit, and I thought how childish she was: now I realize she was saying Mistarabbott. Do hope the important people she meets know what the hell she is saying. We have after all had KRudd, and all the other stuffups to which she has been party to, too many to mention. I really don't think we deserve another 3 years of this. Please God.

IF I was a Labor voter hodz I would be squirming in my undies when Gillard says "trust us on our economic credentials" or words similar, inwardly she must be thinking please DONT look back at our waste, thats all Kev07's fault.

While I like Brown as a person--he did do a lot of good for the dam in Tassie--however I think the Greens are way over the top--I really am not fond of either the big two--I might even vote for One Nation but not yet sure--however there is NO way I will vote for Abbott

Be very, very, careful!!!



Make SURE you know where the preferences are going for every candidate - people often don't know and end up essentially giving votes to the party they did NOT want to vote for. DO YOUR RESEARCH PLEASE!!

Just think - this country was in the black by billions when Labor came into power, and through mismanagement, wasteful spending and programs that failed seriously, have our wonderful country in debt again.....oh, for the good old days of fiscal responsibility.

We have survived the worldwide economic crisis quite well, but I believe had the Liberals been in power during these hard times, we, as a nation , would be better off financially. (IMHO).



I do NOT vote for any particular party - I research and vote for the party that I think will lead our country back into financial stability, look after the disadvantaged, mentally ill, sick and aged, protect our environment and make sure our children get the education they deserve. ( if the English & grammar used in some of the TV advertisements about education are anything to go by - a serious shake-up of our school system is needed - it should be the same nationwide, as should other departments.

I also believe that there are some genuine refugees, but allowing boats to arrive willy nilly is not the right answer. I don't know what the correct way to handle this is, but we can't afford to let all the people into the country and support them financially when we have people living in poverty and homeless.



Again - cast your vote with great care. We get what we vote for, and can't complain if things don't improve.

i'll be voting for the greens. here are some reasons why.......



1. The Greens stand up for what’s right, not just what’s easy. Whether it’s protecting the environment, introducing universal dental care, opposing the war in Iraq or advocating for refugees to be treated humanely, the Greens are driven by values, not polls.



2. It’s the Party many are heading to. The Greens are the third largest political party in Australia, with five national Senators, 21 State MPs and more than 100 local Greens councillors already playing a positive and constructive role across Australia. More than a million Australians voted Green in 2007, the fastest-growing party in the country.



3. Break the deadlock in the Senate between the Government and the Opposition. Last time the Government of the day also got control of the Senate, and we got WorkChoices. This weekend, the Opposition could easily win control of the Senate, which would deliver Australians nothing but three years of deadlock. We deserve a Senate that will work for us and deliver strong, sensible action – not just spin.



4. Provide future generations with clean air, clean water and clean soil. The Greens will tackle climate change by putting a price on carbon for big polluters in the next term of government. It’s time we created new clean energy jobs and started investing in the economy of the future.



5. Make legislation better. When the Coalition tried to block the stimulus package that kept Australia out of recession, the Greens passed it with added environmental and small business benefits. The Greens will do the same thing to improve the mining super profits tax – to ensure Australians get a fair share of our resources.



6. The Greens have vision. When Bob Brown first spoke to the Senate about climate change 14 years ago, his Labor and Liberal colleagues actually laughed at him, and now that they finally understand the magnitude of the issue, we’re laughing at their attempts to address it. The Greens are also the only party working to end all forms of legal discrimination against Australians based on sexuality. The Greens focus on what’s right for the next generation, not just the next election cycle.



7. Not Steve Fielding. The power to scuttle legislation currently rests with Steve Fielding, who refuses to accept the science of climate change and have views out of touch with most Australians.



8. An environmental party - and much, much more. The Greens stand for much more than just cutting carbon pollution, securing our water supplies and protecting our environment. Think better public schools, more funding for hospitals and fixing our broken mental health system. The Greens also drive great new ideas, like building high-speed rail between Australia’s major cities, which is now gaining momentum but would never have gotten up otherwise.



9. For a more powerful vote. Another Labor or Liberal candidate will just vote the way they’re told. With the Greens, every vote is a conscience vote. If you’re disappointed with Labor but don’t want Tony Abbott, you can send a powerful message to Julia Gillard. And if your Greens candidate doesn’t win, your vote will simply go to the next candidate of your choice at full value.



10. Bob Brown. A genuinely decent politician and the most experienced party leader in Parliament.

I am a little baffled Mr. Robert Murray. Why did you just copy kika's post,

which I think she has already put in twice?