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May 23, 2022
Aotearoa Greens thrilled by Australian surge
Peter Verschaffelt
Posted On May 23, 2022
Download AudioConcerns over climate change and environmental issues were major factors behind the increased vote for the Labour and Green parties in Australia’s general election.
That’s the takeaway for Aotearoa Greens’ co-leader Marama Davidson to the trouncing of Scott Morrison’s Liberal-National Party Coalition.
The New Zealand Green Party helped their Australian counterpart turn out a record vote to win two lower house seats, with two more still in the balance, as well as a possible 12 senators.
Ms Davidson says linking climate action and economic inequality sends a powerful message to voters.
“You’ve heard the kids say it, you’ve heard the school climate strikers say it, we want system change, not climate change. This is what is happening around the world. People are realising we cannot operate on the current economic status quo. That is done for. And that has seen a few people quite scared because they have benefited from that for generations,’ she says.
Greens here will study the grassroots methods used to up the Green primary vote from 1.9 per cent to 12.3 per cent.
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