Barnes will be running on a platform of 100% renewable energy by 2020, ending native forest logging, ending the racist Northern Territory intervention and bringing all troops back from Afghanistan.
“Climate change is the greatest threat to ever face humanity. Yet both major parties have abandoned any action to reduce carbon emissions. They are totally tied to the interests of big polluters and refuse to put people and the planet before profits.
The technology exists to move Australia to 100% renewable energy within ten years. We must make the changes that the planet needs. We can't let current government inaction destroy our future." Barnes said.
In light of recent federal political developments Barnes has called people to vote for actual political change, not a mere re-branding exercise.
"In the face of Rudd's epic nosedive in the polls since April the change from Rudd to Gillard is a desperate attempt by Labor to re-brand itself. But the swearing in of Julia Gillard as Prime Minister will only mean more of the same for the people of Australia. Gillard has been responsible for some of this government's most anti-social acts. As federal workplace relations minister, she maintained the Australian Building and Construction Commission which denies construction workers basic human rights. As education minister she allowed damaging school league tables to be used by the media, stigmatising those from disadvantaged schools.”
"People shouldn’t be hoodwinked into believing we are in the dawn of a new era. Julia Gillard’s reign as prime minister will continue along the same path trodden by Rudd. The federal ALP government is not motivated by what is in society’s interest but rather by what is in their short-term political interest. We must reject this style of politics and vote for parties committed towards genuine change.”
Mel Barnes for Denison!
