State Government Election 2024
I’m Peta and I’m proud to be the Greens candidate for Caloundra at next month’s state election. I’m a practising urogynaecologist and I’m passionate about women’s health.
I grew up in Brisbane and worked as a doctor all over Australia and overseas before moving to the Sunshine Coast 15 years ago. I love our community and the spectacular natural environment we all share. We live in a very special part of the country — but it’s also a very unequal part too.
I see the impact the cost of living crisis is having on people’s health every day. People putting off going to the doctor because they can’t find one that bulk bills. People who can’t afford to go to the dentist or specialist at all. People skipping meals just to pay their rent or mortgage.
The climate crisis is already having a health impact for thousands of Australians, with heatwaves, longer hotter summers and more severe weather events are a reality we’re facing. I’m running for the Greens because I want to be part of the movement taking urgent action to protect our planet, biodiversity and human health — and the Greens are the only party taking the climate crisis and cost of living crisis seriously.
Election Pitch If you’re struggling with rising costs, you’re not alone. Labor and the LNP are letting big corporations and wealthy property investors rip off everyday people like you. Labor and the LNP have spent decades privatising essential services and key infrastructure like ports, railways and energy, putting corporate profits ahead of the common good — and things that used to be public goods delivered by the government like housing and healthcare have been turned into profit making machines for big banks, private developers and multinational corporations.
Meanwhile big mining companies are making massive profits while paying next to nothing in tax. Meanwhile, Labor has approved 38 new coal mines, and both Labor and LNP plan to approve 37 more — with an extra 3,600 new gas and fracking wells for good measure. The Greens have a comprehensive plan for positive, long-term change in Queensland — a plan that puts everyday people first.
We’ll make those big corporations pay their fair share so we can fully fund our schools, hospitals and essential public services and fix the housing crisis. We’ll cap rent increases, give everyone a right to a lease renewal, and improve minimum rental standards for insulation, ventilation and ceiling fans. We will slash mortgages with a public bank, saving homeowners over $6,000 a year.
We will build 100,000 public homes with our public builder to give everyone a safe, secure and affordable place to live. We will fully fund our public schools to reduce class sizes, improve teachers’ pay and conditions, provide free school breakfasts and get rid of out-of-pocket expenses for families.
We will establish 200 free public health clinics across Queensland to make sure everyone has access to a bulk-billing GP and allied health. We’ll make groceries cheaper by breaking up the supermarket duopoly that’s price gouging our essentials and cut power bills.
