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Final NSW Upper House count - Greens gain two quotas, total numbers now four MPs
Tuesday 10 April 2007
The NSW Electoral Commissions today finalised the count of votes for the NSW Upper House. Speaking at the Commissions' Riverwood office Greens MP Lee Rhiannon said the Greens had gained two quotas in their own right, which takes their numbers to four Greens MPs in the NSW Parliament.
"A 9.1% vote for the Greens shows strong support for real action to
reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The Labor government would be foolish
to ignore the one in eleven NSW voters who backed the Greens", Ms
Rhiannon said.
"John Kaye and I were the successful Upper House candidates for the Greens.
"Greens
MPs Ian Cohen and Sylvia Hale and I are looking forward to working with
John Kaye. As an energy and education expert John Kaye will be an
excellent asset to the Greens team in parliament.
"The Labor
government needs to learn that more and more people are cottoning on to
the fact that their clean coal plans offer no solution to the threat of
climate change.
"There is growing support for the Greens plan to
phase out the coal industry. It is time that Labor recognised that we
can both make the transition away from coal to renewable energy and
have jobs growth.
"This result lays an excellent base for the
Greens federal election campaign, coming on top of last year's
breakthrough with the first Greens MPs taking their seats in the South
Australian and the Victorian Upper Houses”, Ms Rhiannon said.
Contact: Greens MP Lee Rhiannon 9230 3551
Greens MP Lee Rhiannon is the Greens NSW senate candidate for the 2010 federal election ... 