About Tonia …..

Tonia Gray preselected for the Greens in the seat of Kiama

We are excited to announce that Tonia Gray has been preselected as the Greens candidate for Kiama in the March 2023 State Election.

In support of her decision, Tonia said “I’m running because more capable women are needed in politics. Our local communities are demanding transparent and honest decision making. Inappropriate development is a serious threat to our local coastal communities and the current Coalition state government has sidelined local input into planning decisions.

“The current government has done nothing to address housing affordability and emergency accommodation,has widened the inequality gap, and transitioned too slowly into renewables. NSW’s education and health systems are beyond breaking point, we are haemorrhaging good people. Our youngest and brightest are the invisible casualties of COVID confronting the uncertainty of life due to ten natural disasters in three years.”

As the new State member for Kiama, Tonia will commit to working towards a fairer, healthier and cleaner future for NSW. She sees this being achieved through five principal tasks:

• Tackling climate justice by rapidly transitioning to renewable energy and public ownership of key energy assets
• Demanding expanded funding for world class education, public housing, hospitals, public transport and social services
• Protecting our precious natural environments and productive agricultural landscapes
• Restoring integrity and respect to politics and ending dirty donations
• Working with First Peoples to establish a path for sovereignty and meaningful treaties.

Tonia believes that a change in Kiama’s representation will help change the broken state leadership model.  “Moving to a socially just, ecologically sustainable, and clean economic future for us all are my core objectives” she said. “The Greens in NSW have a comprehensive 50 point policy plan to support those objectives”.

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