We urge you to
give your first preference votes in both Houses to the Greens
because they oppose all stages of the nuclear fuel cycle and are committed to the immediate
implementation of alternative solutions to global warming

THE SENATE (Upper House)
It is crucial to vote for the Greens in order to deny the Coalition continued control of the Senate because even if Labor wins 3 out of 5 Senate seats in each State, the Greens still need to win 3 Senate seats to achieve a non-Coalition balance of power in the upper house. If you vote above the line, your preferences will be allocated in accordance with the formula lodged by the Parties at the AEC and you can trust that the Greens’ Senate preferences will first flow to the parties opposing nuclear power. If you vote below the line, you must number every box to make your vote count so number them in anti-nuclear policy order i.e. Greens 1st - see ‘Big Switch’ scores below.

The House of Representatives (Lower house)
If you vote 1 for the Green candidate and he/she is excluded during the count, your vote will still flow to any other preference at full value – i.e. your vote will NOT be a wasted one.

You can read more about how the preference system operates in general at: http://www.thebigswitch.org.au

The Big Switch
A fast-growing coalition of Australian organisations, businesses and community groups, gives the political parties a score on their overall positions on climate change and in their survey asks them about their position on nuclear power…