It is with much difficulty and regret that I make the decision today not to preselect to be the Greens candidate for the seat of Moreton at the next federal election, despiteRead More…
The smell is back. I’ve lived in the area for 9 years and am more than happy to live next to the industrial area. All sorts of smells and noises come outRead More…
Just sent this question to Facebook. I’ll post the answer as soon as I find it out. I am scheduling posts in Facebook and they’re not showing up in the scheduler list.Read More…
On June 13 I am marrying the love of my life Brett Hansen. Brett is a gentle, kind, creative, patient, talented man who I look forward to spending the rest of myRead More…
Wicked Pickets is a community action to remove the sexist, racist and homophobic slogans on Wicked Vans. You can like the Wicked Pickets Facebook page. This particular protest group is based in Brisbane.Read More…
I love globalisation. There. I said it. Globalisation’s focus on unfettered economic growth rather unfettered good has given the word a bad name, is all. I think globalisation can be done much betterRead More…
Today I wrote a letter to the Prime Minister of Australia for the very first time. You can too at http://www.pm.gov.au/contact-your-pm. Dear Mr Abbott, I am 37 and have been voting for almostRead More…
“It’s like, it’s just I got kinda distracted.” Ahhh just channelling some Ani Difranco banter circa Living in Clip. The end of a federal election is always hard. As a Greens candidate,Read More…
Dear LNP, What? During the G20 you’re banning: Kites? Canoes? Face paint? Big placards? Green Eggs & Ham? “You would not like them here or there. You would not like them anywhere!!”Read More…
Today I visited the Coles Woolloongabba store near my workplace to purchase a free-range chicken and some salad items for lunch. At the counter I presented my green bag. Instead of usingRead More…
Thank you for your support (I thought this photo I took today was very apt!)!! On September 7, 2013 a record number of volunteers supported the Yeerongpilly Greens branch in the seat of Moreton.Read More…
I am absolutely appalled to have discovered that this flyer has been circulating in the Moreton electorate. On his facebook page Malcolm is denying involvement and suggesting people ‘take up any complaintsRead More…
Liberal Party apparatchik (my assumption given the constant raucous applause for everything Malcolm Cole said) were an absolute disgrace in the audience tonight at the Powerhouse forum. A group behind me sighedRead More…
All my love to Norma Nord’s family. The amazing Norma passed away last week – aged 98? Norma was a member of the Bayside Branch with me when I first joined theRead More…
August 12, 7pm, Diversity Forum – Sunnybank RSL Hall, Organised by a private constituent. All welcome. Free. August 15, 6.30pm, Debate – Shangrila Chinese Restaurant, Organised by Sunnybank Chamber of Commerce. All welcome.Read More…
I’m a bit cranky. :/ I’m tired of hearing Labor supporters defend Rudd’s asylum seeker policy and framing the Greens policy as idealistic and unrealistic! This is absolutely ludicrous! And utterly falseRead More…
Moreton is Queensland’s most marginal seat and, when I ran in 2010, so many Moreton residents voted Greens that we received an 8.7% swing, making it the highest swing to any candidate inRead More…
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These guys call themselves ‘conservatives’?? I don’t want progressive policy in the area of refugees!! I simply want to revert back to the 1970s when asylum seekers were processed in the Australian communityRead More…
My goodness, a Newman Government Minister finally proposes something wonderful and it gets knocked on the head by Newman, with rhetoric about the ‘cost of living’. This week Queensland Government Environment MinisterRead More…