Kiama Greens

Kiama Greens have recommended that voters vote 1 for Ben van der Wijngaart and then pass on their second preference to Independent candidate Sandra MacCarthy (Mayor of Kiama).

Click here to see HTV recommendations.

Kiama Greens Election website can be found here

Set out below is the draft meeting schedule for Kiama Greens for 2011. There has been some general discussion about meetings during 2010 and I have tried to encompass these ideas in the draft timetable. I have made comments with each section.

In the past we have tried to have monthly meetings alternating between Local Issues and State Issues. There has generally been more interest in the local issues meetings, particularly where there has been a particular item or presentation on specific topics.

The State Issues relate to the agenda for the State Delegates Conferences (SDC) which tend to be on every second month. The State Delegates Conferences determine NSW Greens Policies and prepare material for the Australian Greens Conferences.

If you are interested in policy development then engaging with the SDC process by attending the conferences as a delegate from Kiama Greens or by participating in the agenda discussions and giving feedback to our delegates are terrific ways to have a say. Attending SDC meetings is a rewarding experience in its own right and a great insight into how the broad membership of the NSW Greens develop policy within the consensus process.

PLEASE PENCIL THESE DATES INTO YOUR DIARY. They will also be on the Kiama Greens Local Website Calendar on the right of this page

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Attached is the declared result for Gilmore in the 2010 Federal Election.

Click on the link below to go to Ben’s new Gilmore Election Web site attached to the Australian Greens Web site. Ben has also got links on FaceBook, YouTube and Twitter. The YouTube site has a number of videos of Ben making policy statements

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The Kiama and Shoalhaven Greens are delighted to announce Ben van der Wijngaart as their candidate for the seat of Gilmore at the upcoming 2010 Federal election.
In accepting endorsement Mr van der Wijngaart, Deputy Mayor of Kiama Council, commented:
“I am bitterly disappointed at the failure of the Rudd Government to live up to even a shadow of its promises made prior to the last election on climate change and renewable energy.
“Their lack-lustre action on social, education, economic and industrial reform and asylum seekers has also been more focused on self-preservation than on the urgently required decisive leadership of change.
“The Federal Coalition has regressed to Howard-era doctrine in its crucial policies and clearly offers little as an opposition or alternative government.
“The need for a real alternative for voters who recognise the urgent global and national crises now facing us has never been more obvious.
“I am prepared to offer to the residents of Gilmore a strong and vocal advocacy of that progressive alternative offered by The Greens as a candidate for the 2010 Federal election.”
For further comment please contact Ben van der Wijngaart on 0411149916 or 42331641

Click here for an A4 (323 Kbytes) copy of the Gilmore Electorate map.

Click here for a large detailed (8 Mbytes) copy of the Gilmore Electorate map.

BACKGROUND
 
1. The  Annual  Coastal  Councils  Conference  for  NSW  was  held  in  Byron  Bay  from  2  to  3   March  2010  and  was  attended  by  Councillors  McCarthy,  Dare-­‐Ward,  Bowman,  Reilly  and   van  der  Wijngaart  as  well  as  the  General  Manager  Mr  Michael  Forsyth.  

2. The  conference  was  attended  by  179  delegates  from  all  States  in  the  Commonwealth   and comprised  a  series  of  presentations  from  scientists,  councillors,  senior  council  staff,   solicitors and commercial  consultants  from  GMH.

A  two  hour  site  visit  to  climate  change   affected  sites  was  also  provided  by  Byron  Council.
The  final  session  on  Day  2  involved  a   review  of  a  draft  communiqué  that  would  set  the agenda  for  a  Sea  Change  Task  Force   representation  to  the  Federal  Government.

Click here for Ben’s full report on the Coastal Councils Conference-2010

Click here to read about The Greens position on emissions trading and why the Greens did not support the Federal Governments CPRS.

Click the link below to see a movie version of Ben van der Wijngaart’s presentation on the Community Wind Power project. It has been adapted from a Powerpoint Presentation

http://kiama.nsw.greens.org.au/newsite/windproject/index.html

Explanatory material will be added soon.