Senator Di Natale's address to the Australian Greens National Conference

Senator Richard Di Natale's address to the 25th Anniversary Australian Greens National Conference on Sunday 19 November 2017

  I want to begin this article, which marks the 25th anniversary of  the Australian Greens, by celebrating the many people, the many movements and the many campaigns that have enabled the Australian Greens to emerge on the national stage and fundamentally change this country from both inside and outside our Parliaments this last quarter century.

We know that organisations like ours don’t just emerge from thin air. Our party is forged from a number of movements.

The environment movement with the history of the United Tasmania Group springing out of Lake Pedder and Franklin River; The peace and nuclear disarmament movement, particularly in the west where Jo Vallentine emerged as the first Greens WA senator; The workers movements in New South Wales, fighting with the community to preserve urban environments for future generations against big money development and powerful political interests.

These are the strands that were weaved into the Greens four pillars: ecological sustainability, social justice, grassroots democracy and peace and nonviolence. They stand as relevant and vital today as when they were first designed.

Read the full address in Green Magazine

Tuesday, November 21, 2017