Wednesday 15 April 2009 at 1:09 pm
Voting has now opened for the Victorian Greens lead Senate candidate. with voting closing on 22 May. My nomination statement is printed below, or if you prefer, it's also available as a pdf. The statements from my four nominators are available here, and supporting statements from Greens members and others are here.
Janet for the Senate
Authentic, experienced,
with a passion for change.
Authentic.
All my adult life I’ve worked passionately
for change. Taking action on climate change has been a huge priority for me since
studying meteorology at university more than twenty years ago. It’s the most
important issue facing us. Now, it’s an emergency. I’m asking for your support
to become our Senator so together we can use the power of that position to lever
real change on climate, as well as biodiversity, greening the economy, and the
other urgent issues we face.
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Tuesday 07 April 2009 at 09:04 am
I resubmitted my letter to the Age regarding public transport to the airport yesterday after they ran an article quoting the transport minister saying there wasn't any demand for a airport rail link! They pubished it today:
No demand? Really?
LYNNE Kosky's spokesman says "there doesn't appear to be much demand" for an airport rail link (The Age,
6/4). I've got an idea for the Transport Minister — she could determine
demand for reliable and affordable public transport by providing it.
Currently,
in addition to the $16 each way Skybus service, there is a cheaper
option — a bus service from Broadmeadows station to the airport. It
takes 20 minutes and is covered by a Met ticket. The problem is it runs
only every two hours. An improvement would be to run an express bus
service from Broadmeadows so that it meets every train. It would also
service workers in the airport precinct, for whom a return trip on
Skybus every day is out of the question.
The new 401 bus
service from North Melbourne to the hospitals and university has shown
how successful services can be when they are fast, frequent and direct.
Run the Broadmeadows trains and buses every 10 minutes and I reckon the
Transport Department would have another success story — something it
sorely needs.
Janet Rice, Footscray
