Our Plan FOR MACNAMARA

We’ll fund the things you need, by making big corporations pay their fair share.
Big corporations are pushing up prices and raking in record profits while everyday people pay more and work harder than ever to get by. Instead of holding them to account, Labor & the Liberals take millions in donations from the very corporations driving up prices.

We’ll raise over $514 billion of revenue by:

• A 40% tax on excess profits for big corporations with over $100 million in turnover
• A 10% tax on the net wealth of Australian’s 150 billionaires
• Stop big oil & gas corporations paying $0 in tax by closing loopholes and raising royalties so Australia gets its fair share of tax from resources owned by the public
• Tackle multinational tax avoidance

The last time there was a minority government, the Greens got dental into Medicare for kids. This time, we want to get dental and mental health into Medicare for everyone.

Universal Healthcare

Sonya and the Greens plan:

• See the GP for free
• Build 1,000 new public healthcare clinics where you can see a GP, dentist, nurse, or psychologist at no cost, including 6 right here in Macnamara
• Make mental healthcare free with unlimited sessions
• Helping people access the quality aged care services they need

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Defend and extend the NDIS

The major parties have both cut billions in funding from the NDIS, only the Greens are fighting for a fully funded NDIS.

Sonya and the Greens plan:

• Fully fund the NDIS, reversing Labor’s cuts
• Cover autism and ADHD diagnosis under Medicare

Deadly heatwaves, extreme fires and record floods are being fuelled by the burning of coal, oil and gas. Yet both of the major parties are backing even more. 

A safe climate future means no more coal and gas

Instead of working for you, Labor and the Liberals are taking millions in donations from coal, oil and gas corporations. 

Last time there was a minority government, the Greens secured world leading climate laws. This is our chance to do it again. 

Sonya and the Greens plan:

• Stop new coal and gas
• Expand publicly-owned renewable energy
• End the billions in handouts to coal, oil and gas corporations
• Electrify homes and businesses and retain more gas for domestic use to bring down energy bills
• Create thousands of jobs during the transition
• Invest in publicly-owned EV fast chargers across our suburbs
• We’ll make sure everyone – renters, apartment dwellers, home owners & businesses – get the benefits of more rooftop solar and battery storage

Making Macnamara more liveable

We’re all spending too much on expensive public transport, for a service that is too slow, too unreliable and inaccessible for many.

Our plan:

• Introduce 50c public transport fares, like they have in QLD, saving you $2,400 per year
• Upgrade the Windsor station
• Improve safety and accessibility on Chapel Street with accessible tram stops

The referendum campaign clearly showed that there is a compelling case for truth-telling and treaty-making to deliver hope, justice and pathways towards healing. The Greens will establish a National Truth and Justice Commission to acknowledge and document historic and ongoing injustices experienced by First Nations peoples. 

The Greens are committed to the ongoing fight for transformative change. We are fighting alongside First Nations elders, activists and campaigners to:

• Establish a Truth & Justice Commission
• National,  grassroots-led consultation process for Treaty
• Act on deaths in custody
• Enact the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People
• Bring justice to members of the Stolen Generations
• Raise the age and keep kids out of prison

Too many people live in poverty in this country and inequality is spiralling out of control. Leaving people to struggle is an active political choice; it doesn’t need to be this way. We could prioritise delivering a stronger safety net for everyone, so that no one is left behind.

The Greens plan:

• Establish a Poverty and Inequality Commission to eradicate poverty
• Lift all income supports so that no one has to live in poverty
• Lower the pension age back to 65
• Abolish punishments in our social security system

Our environment is in crisis. The Great Barrier Reef is dying, the Murray Darling Basin is collapsing, and our native forests are being torn up. Labor is taking donations from the big corporations driving the crisis and approving more destructive projects.

Only the Greens can be trusted to deliver what nature needs.

To protect our environment and save our wildlife, we must restore our landscape, protect our native forests, and clean up our rivers.

The Greens plan:

• End native forest logging
• Save koalas and our wildlife from extinction
• Safeguard our precious water resources
• Stronger environmental laws
• Fund First Nations people caring for Country
• Save the Great Barrier Reef
• Ban live exports

We will tackle the root causes of crime to strengthen our community in Macnamara. The Greens want to do what actually works to make communities safer. Our plan to tax big corporations could properly fund decent housing, better wrap around support services, and early intervention, to stop offending before it happens.

Sonya and the Greens plan:

• Prevent crime by reducing inequality, tackling homelessness and properly funding mental healthcare and frontline services
• Revitalise our key shopping strips and high streets by investing in small businesses and local arts and culture
• Improve street safety through better street lighting and well maintained public spaces
• Raise Centrelink payments so no one lives in poverty

• Ban supermarket price-gouging to make food cheaper
• Bring back free GP visits
• Put dental and mental health into Medicare, so you can fix your teeth for free
• Regulate the banks to stop price-gouging on mortgages
• Wipe all student debt, saving an average $5,500 in your pocket a year
• 50 cent public transport fares, like they have in Queensland
• Bring essential services back into public hands so they work for people, not profits

No poverty in a wealthy country

The Greens are the only party that has consistently voted to lift income support payments above the poverty line, and have pushed for reducing the pension age to 65.

If you’re struggling with your rent or mortgage, you’re not alone. We are in a severe housing crisis in this country. While you work harder, big banks and wealthy property investors are making massive profits. The system is not just broken. It’s rigged against you.

Our plan to tackle the housing crisis

• Make unlimited rent increases illegal – a 2 year freeze on rents and then long-term rent caps
• Bring down mortgage costs: regulate the banks to deliver fairer, discounted mortgages
• End unfair tax handouts for wealthy property investors with more than 2 properties, including negative gearing (it’s stopping renters buying their first home)
• Build more public homes with a new Public Property Developer
• Create a new National Renters Protection Authority to enforce renters’ rights
• Double the funding for homelessness services & public housing
• Stop Labor and the Liberals’ privatisation of public housing

THE GREENS HAVE ALREADY SECURED $3.5 BILLION FOR PUBLIC & COMMUNITY HOUSING

Greens pressure works. Since the last election, the Greens have successfully secured an extra $3.5 billion for social and community housing.

By electing more Greens like Sonya to a strong crossbench, we can make sure everyone has a safe, secure and affordable home.

Scrap all student debt

Our community has some of the highest student debt in the country. Pressure from the Greens has already secured a 20% cut to your student debt. We’ll scrap all student debt and bring back free university & TAFE for all.

Free childcare for every family

Sonya and the Greens plan:

• Free early education and care for all children
• Reduce barriers by abolishing the childcare subsidy activity test

Fully fund public schools

In our community, parents paid almost $16 million in fees and contributions to send their kids to public schools, which should be free for everyone.

The Greens will abolish public school fees and fully fund public schools.

We’ll provide every parent and carer an $800 “back to school” payment every year.

Sonya and the Greens will also push for a $12 million investment in St Kilda Primary School to build a new Indoor School Community Hub.

No civilian should be the target of the violence of war. We condemn the killings of civilians in Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon and Israel. For there to be peace there must be an end to the State of Israel’s illegal occupation of the Palestinian territories and its ongoing genocide in Gaza. Australia must impose sanctions on Israel and end the two way arms trade.

The Greens are fighting for:

• A lasting and permanent ceasefire
• An end to the genocide and the occupation of the Palestinian territories
• The continued release of hostages and political prisoners
• Immediate stop military exports and end to the two-way arms trade with Israel
• An increase to Australia’s aid budget

All of us deserve to feel safe and have equal opportunities in life, no matter our background, religion, ability, gender, sexuality, income or postcode. Both the major parties are backing policies that exclude, disadvantage or vilify people just because of who they are. The Greens plan for Equality and Justice for All will help make sure everyone can live a good life.

The Greens plan:

• Strengthening measures to end gender-based violence, protect abortion and close the gender pay gap
• Invest in family violence prevention especially for culturally diverse communities
• Champion, strengthen and protect LGBTIQA+ rights
• Stop the LGBTIQA+ conversion movement and make gender affirming healthcare free under Medicare

Everyone should be able to live without fear of racial violence or discrimination in our multicultural society. Too often Australia’s leaders have fuelled racism and anti-immigrant sentiment and people seeking asylum have been the subject of cruel treatment by both the Labor and Liberal parties. This needs to stop.

The Greens plan actively tackles racism, provides stronger protections and aims to treat people with the respect and dignity they deserve.

The Greens plan:

• A national anti-racism strategy
• Establish a Federal Multicultural Commission to embrace cultural and religious diversity
• End offshore detention and support refugees and people seeking asylum
• Abolish temporary protection visas and reintroduce permanent protection
• Increase Australia’s humanitarian intake per year 
• Faster, fairer, and more affordable family reunion visa system that actually reunites families