Our Federal Environment Minister wants to hand over most of his powers to State Governments. The Great Barrier Reef, the Tarkine, Leadbeater’s possum – places and wildlife that are too precious toRead More…
Harmony Day at Moorooka. Many stories, one Australia.
Tonight I enjoyed a lovely Harmony Day dinner at Yoshi Buna, a relatively new Ethio African restaurant at Moorooka. It was a lovely evening with a diverse group of folk who supportRead More…
Annerley bus stop ‘yarn bombed’ to raise awareness of the 121 and 116 bus routes
An Annerley resident sent me these photos today. It seems the local Annerley bus stop has been ‘yarn bombed’ to raise awareness of the opportunity for local residents who may be affectedRead More…
3rd Asia Pacific Greens Network Congress – March 15 – Philippines!
Best news I’ve heard all year! Early Announcement: 2014 3rd Asia Pacific Greens Network (APGN) Congress. The 3rd APGN Congress will be hosted by the GREENS PH Philippine Green Party /Partido Kalikasan)Read More…
Keep uranium in the ground and honour what the baby boomers fought to end
This story today on Queensland Government moving to resume uranium mining sure shows we are going backwards in Queensland. I was 6 and my flatmate was 1 when uranium was last minedRead More…
Greens Music Trivia Fundraiser for Moreton!
RSVP on Facebook! Come along to support the election campaign in Moreton and have fun with us while you’re at it. Lovely Moreton campaign volunteers from Yeerongpilly Greens have concocted some awesomeRead More…
Flying foxes are worth saving
One evening I was driving along in a storm and it was bucketing down. I looked to the side of the road and saw a flying fox drowning in a gutter. MyRead More…
Good luck to WA Greens today! If only we had an upper house in QLD!
The Greens WA have been doing amazing work in their state parliament, in campaigning in the lead up to their state election and on the hustings today. WA deserves strong Greens representationRead More…
Malcolm Cole stands alongside fear mongers – a crying shame for Moreton
Tony Abbott’s fear mongering is scary stuff (irony intended). While Abbott harps on about asylum seekers ‘disappearing into the community’, his Shadow Immigration Minister Scott Morrison wants ‘behavioural protocols’ for asylum seekersRead More…
Media Release: Elissa Jenkins back to win three party contest in Moreton
The Queensland Greens have selected the high profile and experienced Elissa Jenkins to contest the electorate of Moreton, Queensland’s most marginal Federal seat. In 2010 The Greens received one of their largestRead More…
Transparent policy separates us from the old parties
http://greens.org.au/policies Had a lovely evening tonight with my fellow Greens candidates – we had a bit of a shin dig where we focused on policy, policy, policy. One fairly significant thing thatRead More…
Fast chickening out of doing the World’s Greatest Shave!
World’s Greatest Shave Donation Page – Elissa Jenkins I am fast chickening out of doing the World’s Greatest Shave! I’ve got a respectable campaign to run in Moreton! I’m as nervous asRead More…
Increased aircraft over Moreton – on cloudy days and then some?
I have just had 8 planes fly over in the last 15 minutes. In 2004, when I lived on the east-side of Brisbane and was running in Bonner, I heard a lotRead More…
Old school thinking from a single minded Paul Howes
Come down from your pedestal Paul Howes. AWU union secretary Howes seems to think our environment is simply a place for jobs and economic growth. Well actually, it’s also a place forRead More…
I just pledged funds to support a Pop Up Trailer
I just pledged funds via Pozible to support a Pop Up Trailer. The Pop Up Trailer is primarily designed to accommodate workshops in zine/independent publishing, bike maintenance, stencilling, gardening and any otherRead More…
Local Greens cram to end live exports!
This morning members of the Yeerongpilly Greens came together to support WSPA’s Cram Challenge and demand Moreton MP Graham Perrett call on his Labor government to end live exports. According to WSPA,Read More…
Moreton residents gather at Yeronga DisabiliTEA to support funding an NDIS
I had a wonderful morning welcoming local residents from all walks of life to a DisabiliTEA at Yeronga Memorial Park to support the Every Australian Counts campaign and share information on whatRead More…
Bye bye Sheldon blog! It’s been grand.
Well it’s time to hang my hat on the Sheldon blog. It coincides with two factors: 1. I will be using my blog to campaign for the federal seat of Moreton. 2.Read More…
I want to ride my bicycle. I want to ride my bike.
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