greens offer stable leadership, climate change action

Greens Senator Bob Brown

"A strong safe crossbench in the Senate"

"I offer the electorate experienced and stable leadership, and the progressive policies and clear vision for Australia's future which the big parties are ignoring," Australian Greens Leader Senator Brown said in Canberra today.

"Moving forward will mean a carbon tax on polluters; bringing home safely Australia's troops from Afghanistan; a universal dental care scheme; humane treatment of asylum seekers in Australia; protecting our forests and wildlife."

"This election is also about the Senate and a strong crossbench delivering better outcomes for Australians. The Greens are the responsible alternative to a deadlocked Abbott controlled Senate."

"The Greens will campaign strongly on environmental issues including climate change action, the creation of marine national parks, protecting native forests and wildlife and saving the Darling Downs farmlands from 40,000 coal seam gas drill holes and open cut coalmines," Senator Brown said.

Australian Greens Leader Bob Brown flew to Canberra from Sydney this morning to get the Greens' national campaign off to a flying start.

Senator Brown, who spoke last night to a packed campaign dinner in Sydney for Senate candidate Lee Rhiannon MLC, will be in Canberra and Hobart on Sunday, and Adelaide on Tuesday morning.