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About Us
Green parties, world wide, have an expansive vision that challenges the narrow economic focus of the major parties. Green parties are often misrepresented as single issue parties. However, our vision of the future is based on the four interconnecting pillars of social justice, environmental responsibility, peace and nonviolence, and participatory democracy.
The Greens (WA) was established in 1990 following the merger of the W.A Green Party and the Green Earth Alliance, which was itself the product of an earlier merger between the Alternative Coalition, the Vallentine Peace Group and Green Development. All these groups drew inspiration from the West German Greens (as they then were) as well as the many successful community campaigns in WA and throughout Australia.
The Greens (WA) have worked closely with the Australian Greens but had not become formal members. In September 2003 The Greens (WA) held a ballot of all the membership on the question of formally joining the Australian Greens confederation. There was a 80% vote in favour. On the 11th of October 2003 at the Australian Greens National Conference the Greens (WA) were formally accepted as members of the Australian Greens.
The Greens (WA) act as a voice for the community. We believe that no one has a monopoly on the answers and that no one should have a monopoly on decision making. The radical expansion of democracy, a cornerstone of Green politics, is about bringing people into the political process, putting decisions in the hands of those affected and giving the community a voice.
The essence of the Green vision is the interconnection of issues. The healing of many issues such as our rural environmental crisis, disenfranchisement of young people, injustice against indigenous people, family disintegration, unemployment and many others will only happen when we recognise that these issues are all interconnected. The path to creative solutions is to address these issues as a whole and not in isolation.
The Greens (WA) is a decentralised organisation, which places control with our regional groups who operate autonomously on the issues important to their local communities. Community participation is the binding agent of The Greens (WA), giving us versatility and strength.
