Political Blog
April 3, 2006
Introducing the Greens newest MP
Great news from South Australia with the Greens Mark Parnell officially being elected to the Upper House today.Mark was the principle solicitor at the South Australian Environmental Defenders office. Read more about Mark here.
Mark is the first MP in SA to be elected as a Green. Kris Hana (lower house MP) joined the Greens after being elected as an ALP member. Kris was also re-elected an independent this time round. Congratulations to him for beating all predications that he would lose his seat.
Next up is the Victorian state election in November 2006. With the introduction of proportional representation for the Upper House there, the Greens can be expected to win at least a seat or two.
This will complete a strong representation of Greens across the country with only Queensland missing out - they have no upper house or proportional representation at state or local level.
With many Greens also elected at national council level (including Green Mayors), welcome to a truly national force in Australian politics.
posted by Ben Oquist # 1:46 PM
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