My interest was tinged with frustration when I saw the
message of last weekend's workshop, the Right Track run by the Asylum Seeker
Resource Centre, was 'changing the minds of voters'. I've been trying to do
exactly that for years and bloomin' years.
Sometimes I wonder if voters actually know the policies of
the parties they vote into government. If
everyone who professes to believe in a fair go for refugees, a decent and
accessible health system, a healthy and sustainable environment, a fair and effective
education system, workable public transport,
better roads and equal marriage rights, actually
voted FOR those things and not for the Parties that are AGAINST them, then I believe a Party the colour of forests
would be in government and all those issues would be solved.
https://greens.org.au/policies/immigration-refugees
Being free to vote for our government is a great privilege
hard won by many brave people. With such privilege comes responsibility. Voters
have an obligation to educate themselves about the issues, to read the policies of all the
Parties and then, for the sake of everyone especially our young ones, to do the right thing.
https://greens.org.au/policies/sex-sexuality-gender-identity
https://greens.org.au/policies/women
https://greens.org.au/policies/nuclear-uranium
https://greens.org.au/policy
