Tasmanian Greens - Citizendia

Tasmanian Greens




Leader	Peg Putt

Founded	1992
Office	Level 1 162 Macquarie St HOBART TAS

Political Ideology	green politics
International Affiliation	Global Greens Asia-Pacific Green Network

Website	Tasmanian Greens

The Tasmanian Greens are a political party in Australia who developed from numerous environmental campaigns in Tasmania, including the flooding of Lake Pedder and the building of the Franklin Dam. Margaret Ann (Peg Putt (born 5 June 1953 in Sydney) is a former Australian politician and parliamentary leader of the Tasmanian Greens Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Green politics is a Political ideology which places a high importance on ecological and environmental goals and on achieving these goals through broad-based The Global Greens is a global network of Green parties and political movements The Asia-Pacific Green Network is a federation of national Green parties in countries in the Pacific Ocean and Asia, and is a member of the Global Greens For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Tasmania is an Australian island and state of the same name It is located south of the eastern side of the Continent, being separated from it by Bass Lake Pedder was a former natural Lake, located in the southwest of Tasmania, Australia, and is now the name used to refer to the much larger The Franklin Dam or Gordon-below-Franklin Dam project was a proposed dam on the Gordon River in Tasmania, Australia that was never

1 History
2 Structure
3 Local government
4 Parliamentary leaders
5 See also
6 External links
7 Further reading

History

The party's history can be traced back to the formation of the United Tasmania Group (UTG) (the first established 'Green' party in the world), which first ran candidates in the 1972 election. The United Tasmania Group (UTG is generally acknowledged as the world's first Green Party. Many people involved in that group went on to form the Tasmanian Greens. Bob Brown stood as an Australian Senate candidate for UTG in 1975. Robert James Brown (born December 27, 1944) is an Australian Senator the inaugural Parliamentary Leader of the Australian Greens and the

In the 1982 state election, Bob Brown stood unsuccessfully as an independent in the Denison electorate. The Division of Denison, Tasmania is one of the 5 electorates in the Tasmanian House of Assembly or lower house In December of that year, Norm Sanders - a sitting member for the Australian Democrats - stood down from state parliament to contest the Senate in a Federal election. Norman Karl Sanders (born 15 October 1932) is an Australian former politician representing the Australian Democrats in the Tasmanian The Australian Democrats is an Australian Political party espousing a centrist or Social liberal ideology A countback of votes followed and Bob Brown was elected to the vacancy, commencing his term in January, 1983. The two had much in common - both having been directors of the Tasmanian Wilderness Society - Norm Sanders being considered to be Australia's first elected "green" member of parliament. The Wilderness Society (TWS is an Australian Not-for-profit non-governmental environmental advocacy whose mission is protecting promoting and restoring Wilderness

Immediately prior to taking the seat, Bob Brown had spent 19 days in Risdon Prison for obstructing workers at the Franklin River dam site. He took his seat on the day of his release. He was re-elected in the 1986 election along with Gerry Bates in the Franklin electorate. The Division of Franklin, Tasmania Australia, is one of the 5 electorates in the Tasmanian House of Assembly.

In 1989 a total of 5 Greens - Christine Milne, Lance Armstrong, Di Hollister, Gerry Bates and Bob Brown - were elected after a community backlash against a proposed paper pulp mill at Wesley Vale, near Devonport. Christine Anne Milne is an Australian Senator from the Australian Greens. Devonport is a city in the north-west of Tasmania, Australia, at the mouth of the Mersey River. At the time of the election they were known simply as The Independents. In December 1991 they changed their name to The Green Independents. They held the balance of power in the government for three years, keeping Michael Field's minority Labor Party government in power. Michael Walter Field, AC (born 28 May 1948) was Tasmanian Labor leader from 1988 until his retirement in 1996 and was the Premier of Tasmania The February 1992 election saw all five sitting Greens re-elected but with a majority Liberal government in power.

In August 1992 the Green Independents moved to officially form the Tasmanian Greens.

In 1993 Bob Brown stood down to contest the lower house seat of Denison in the federal election and Peg Putt took his seat on a recount. The Division of Denison is an Australian Electoral Division in Tasmania. Margaret Ann (Peg Putt (born 5 June 1953 in Sydney) is a former Australian politician and parliamentary leader of the Tasmanian Greens Christine Milne became leader. In May 1995 Gerry Bates resigned and his seat was taken by Mike Foley.

At the 1996 election, four Greens were returned (Lance Armstrong lost his seat in Bass) and they again held the balance of power, this time with a Liberal government. The Electoral division of Bass is one of the 5 electorates in the Tasmanian House of Assembly or lower house

After 7 years of minority governments, the Labor and Liberal parties passed a bill reducing the number of Lower House seats, thus increasing the quota of votes needed under Tasmania's Hare Clark voting system from 12. Single transferable vote (STV is a preferential Voting system designed to minimize Wasted votes and provide Proportional representation 5% to 16. 67%.

The 1998 election returned a majority Labor government, as well as a sole Green member - Peg Putt - who had little chance of exercising any influence, but would offer bills into Parliament knowing they would in all likelihood be voted against by both Liberal and Labor parties.

The 2002 election saw a major resurgence of their popularity, with the party winning 4 seats, and outpolling the Liberal party in the Hobart based seat of Denison. Hobart is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. The Division of Denison, Tasmania is one of the 5 electorates in the Tasmanian House of Assembly or lower house The swing was primarily against the Liberal Party, while the Labor party continued in the majority. The statewide 18. 2% vote in 2002 was the highest vote recorded for a Green party at a state or national level anywhere in the world.

At the 2004 federal election, former Tasmanian Greens leader Christine Milne and WA's Rachel Siewert joined Bob Brown and NSW's Kerry Nettle in the Senate, doubling the Green representation. Federal elections were held in Australia on 9 October, 2004. All 150 seats in the House of Representatives and 40 seats in the 76-member Senator Rachel Siewert is an Australian Politician from the Australian Greens. Kerry Michelle Nettle (born 24 December 1973) is a former Australian Senator and member of the Australian Greens in New South

On 23 July 2005 the Greens celebrated 33. 3 years of political activity and achievements, with a large party entitled "33-and-a-third - Now we're Long Playing!"

The 2006 election saw a 1. 5% swing against the Greens but all four sitting members were returned.

The current Tasmanian Greens members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly are Peg Putt, Nick McKim, Kim Booth and Tim Morris. The House of Assembly, or lower house is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of Tasmania in Australia Margaret Ann (Peg Putt (born 5 June 1953 in Sydney) is a former Australian politician and parliamentary leader of the Tasmanian Greens Nicholas James (Nick McKim (born 11 June 1965 in London) is an Australian politician Kim Dion Booth (born 1951 New South Wales) is an Australian politician Timothy Bryce Morris (born 10 January 1955, Alexandra Victoria) is an Australian politician

Structure

There are five Electorate Branches - one representing each state/federal electorate - that are responsible for choosing candidates at all levels of government.

The party has an annual State Conference and AGM. The State Executive is responsible for the day to day administration of the party.

The Tasmanian Greens, together with other State and Terrority parties, form the Australian Greens. The Australian Greens, commonly known as The Greens, is a Green Australian political party.

Local government

Unlike other political parties in the state, the Tasmanian Greens officially endorse candidates to run in local government elections. They first stood local government candidates in 1999 with two candidates elected. Following the 2005 elections there were 10 elected Greens councillors [1]. This expanded to 13 after the 2007 elections [2].

Contents

History

Structure

Local government

Parliamentary leaders

See also

External links

Further reading