Queensland Greens

Queensland Greens
Convenor Penny Allman-Payne
Founded 1991
Headquarters Albion Peace Centre
102 McDonald Road
WINDSOR QLD 4030
Ideology Green politics
International affiliation Global Greens
Asia-Pacific Green Network
Website
qld.greens.org.au

The Queensland Greens is a Green party in the Australian state of Queensland, and a member of the federation of the Australian Greens. The party was founded on 22 September 1991[1] and made its electoral debut at the 1993 federal election. Larissa Waters is the party's environment and justice system spokesperson, was its lead Senate candidate at the 2007 federal election and again at the 2010 federal election, in which she became the first Greens candidate elected in Queensland.

Representation

The party's sole parliamentary representative Senator Larissa Waters took her seat in the Australian Senate 1 July 2011. The party has not won seats in the Queensland Parliament, which uniquely of Australian state parliaments is unicameral and has no allowance for proportional representation. The party achieved its first state parliamentary representative on 5 October 2008 when Ronan Lee defected to the Greens from the Australian Labor Party, due to his belief that the Bligh government was not paying enough attention to environmental issues.[2] He lost his seat at the 2009 state election to the Liberal Nationals.

Queensland elections

State election results

The Queensland Greens enjoyed growing support in state elections, increasing their vote from 2.5 per cent at the 2001 election (when they contested 31 of the Parliament's 89 seats), to 6.76 per cent in 2004 (from 72 seats), to 7.99 per cent in 2006 (from 75 seats),[3] and to 8.37 per cent in 2009 (from 89 seats).[4] The 2012 election saw a fall of 0.85% in the primary vote to 7.52%.[5]

The Greens in Queensland have traditionally polled strongest in the usually Labor-held seats of Mount Coot-tha and South Brisbane, as well as the usually LNP-held seat of Noosa, polling over 20% of the primary vote in these seats at the 2015 state election.

Federal elections

Federal election results

Qld Primary Vote (HOR)

The Queensland Greens' Senate vote at the 2007 federal election increased by 2.1 per cent to 7.5 per cent. It increased further to 12.77% at the 2010 federal election with Queensland Greens' Senator Larissa Waters elected.

Candidates from the Queensland Greens have not been elected to the Lower House of federal parliament.

Local Government

Greens candidate Jonathan Sri was elected to represent the Gabba Ward in Brisbane City Council at the March 2016 Local government elections. He achieved a primary vote of 31.72%, a positive swing of approximately 13.8%. Sri finished in second place behind LNP candidate Sean Jacobs, but was able to win on mostly Labor preferences.[12]

Sri is the first Greens candidate to win a seat in Local government anywhere in Queensland.[13]

Queensland Young Greens (QYG)

Queensland Young Greens (QYG)
Headquarters Brisbane, Australia
Mother Party Australian Greens[14]
Convenors Jake Schoermer
Ideology Green Politics, Activism
Website

The Queensland Young Greens are the youth wing of the Queensland Greens and is open to all members under the age of 30 across the state of Queensland.[15]

The Queensland Young Greens provide a forum for young people to express their opinions on political issues and contribute towards the shaping of party policies. The youth wing was established in order to draw new ideas from the youth community and provide an avenue for Queenslander's under the age of 30 to influence the political landscape within Queensland.[16][17]

The Youth Wing's main focus is on election campaigning; skills training; policy development and hosting a number of different social events.[14]

QYG goals

The goals of the Queensland Young Greens are as follows:[17]

QYG organisational structure

At present the youth wing is run by a steering committee which engages with members under the age of 30 from the various Queensland Greens branches throughout the state, as well as the branches established at universities across Queensland.

The youth wing maintains a grassroots[18] approach in organising members. The youth wing also shares the same policies as the Queensland Greens[19] based around the four guiding principles of non-violence, social justice, grass-roots democracy and ecological sustainability.[20]

At present there are two University based clubs, with the University of Queensland Greens Club and the Griffith University Greens Club being the only clubs.

References

  1. ↑ "Queensland Greens — ''About Us''". Greens.org.au. Retrieved 2011-02-01.
  2. ↑ Lion, Patrick; Wardill, Steven (5 October 2008). "Blow to Anna Bligh as Ronan Lee quits Labor for Greens". The Courier Mail. Retrieved 2008-10-06.
  3. ↑ Electoral Commission of Queensland. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 9 September 2006". Archived from the original on 16 May 2009. Retrieved 22 March 2009.
  4. ↑ ECQ. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 21 March 2009".
  5. ↑ "Total Formal First Preference Vote by Party". Electoral Commission of Queensland. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
  6. ↑ "AEC: When: Past Electoral Events". Results.aec.gov.au. Retrieved 2016-11-20.
  7. ↑ "First Preferences By Party". Results.aec.gov.au. 2005-11-09. Retrieved 2016-11-20.
  8. ↑ "First Preferences By Party". Results.aec.gov.au. 2007-12-19. Retrieved 2016-11-20.
  9. ↑ "First Preferences By Party". Results.aec.gov.au. 2010-09-29. Retrieved 2016-11-20.
  10. ↑ "First Preferences and Two Party Preferred By Division". Results.aec.gov.au. 2013-11-01. Retrieved 2016-11-20.
  11. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 September 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
  12. ↑ "The Gabba - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". abc.net.au. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  13. ↑ "Greens win first Queensland local government seat". abc.net.au. 23 March 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  14. 1 2 "Young Greens Australia". Greens.org.au. Retrieved 2011-04-22.
  15. ↑ "Queensland Greens". Qld.greens.org.au. Retrieved 2011-04-22.
  16. ↑ "Marxist Left Review". Marxistleftreview.org. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
  17. 1 2 "Young Greens QLD". Facebook.com. Retrieved 2011-04-24.
  18. ↑ "Just Rights QLD". Justrightqld.org. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
  19. ↑ "Queensland Greens Policies". Retrieved 2011-04-23.
  20. ↑ "Australian Politics". Australianpolitics.com. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
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