More than 150 Qld election candidates have taken Fair Agenda's pro-choice pledge!
We all deserve to feel safe and in control of our own health and future. But right now many Queenslanders are being denied that right - because abortion is still classified as a crime.
This election we have a critical chance to secure changes to Queensland's archaic archaic laws. But to make that happen -- we'll need to ensure that a majority of pro-choice candidates are elected to the next parliament.
That means ensuring that we as pro-choice voters are supporting candidates that will represent us on this issue.
That's why Fair Agenda have asked all candidates to commit that, if elected, they will “vote to remove abortion from the criminal code, and support laws to ensure all Queenslanders can safely and legally access full reproductive healthcare, without being harassed or intimidated." That means we've asked candidates if they would support three specific reforms if they are put to the parliament (you can read the pledge question in full below).
Fair Agenda's pledge ask has also backed by The Human Rights Law Centre, Women’s Legal Service Queensland, White Ribbon and the Queensland Council of Unions.
So far 154 QLD candidates have signed up to Fair Agenda's pro-choice candidate pledge!
You can find out whether your local candidates have taken the pledge below (to find your electorate, just input your address in this ECQ tool).
Then can you help build the pressure on the remaining candidates to join these pro-choice champions; or to let voters know that they think abortion should keep being treated as a crime? Sign up to get involved in the campaign for safe and legal access to abortion, here!
Which candidates have taken the Fair Agenda pledge so far?
Electorate | Candidate | Party affiliation |
Algester | Patsy O'Brien | Queensland Greens |
Aspley | Zachary King | Independent |
Aspley | James Hansen | The Greens |
Bancroft | Simone Dejun | Queensland Greens |
Bancroft | Chris Whiting MP | Australian Labor Party |
Barron River | Cameron Boyd | Queensland Greens |
Bonney | Rowan Holzberger | Labor |
Bonney | Amin Javanmard | Queensland Greens |
Broadwater | Daniel Kwon | Queensland Greens |
Buderim | Tracy Burton | Queensland Greens |
Bulimba | Di Farmer | Labor |
Bulimba | Felicity Jodell | Queensland Greens |
Bundaberg | Marianne Buchanan | Queensland Greens |
Bundaberg | Alan Corbett | Independent |
Bundaberg | Leanne Donaldson | Labor |
Bundamba | Michelle Duncan | Queensland Greens |
Burdekin | Mathew Bing | Queensland Greens |
Burdekin | Michael Brunker | ALP |
Burleigh | Peter Burgoyne | Greens |
Burnett | Lee James Harvey | labor |
Burnett | Tim Roberts | Queensland Greens |
Cairns | Michael Healy | ALP |
Cairns | Aaron McDonald | Queensland Greens |
Cairns | Rob Pyne | Independent |
Callide | Jaiben Baker | Queensland Greens |
Caloundra | Jason Hunt | ALP |
Caloundra | Marcus Finch | Queensland Greens |
Capalaba | Don Brown | Labor |
Capalaba | Joshua Sanderson | Queensland Greens |
Chatsworth | Dave Nelson | Queensland Greens |
Clayfield | Claire Ogden | Queensland Greens |
Clayfield | Philip Anthony | Australian Labor Party |
Condamine | Chris Turnbull | Queensland Greens |
Cook | Brynn Mathews | Queensland Greens |
Cook | Cynthia Lui | Labor Party |
Coomera | Christopher Johnson | ALP |
Coomera | Tayla Kerwin | Queensland Greens |
Cooper | Robert Wiltshire | Independent |
Cooper | Reece Walters | Queensland Greens |
Currumbin | David Wyatt | Queensland Greens |
Everton | David Greene | Australian Labor Party |
Everton | Bridget Clinch | Queensland Greens |
Ferny Grove | Elizabeth World | Queensland Greens |
Gaven | Meaghan Scanlon | Australian Labor Party |
Gaven | Sally Spain | Queensland Greens |
Gladstone | Peta Baker | Queensland Greens |
Glass House | Brent Hampstead | ALP |
Glass House | Sue Weber | Queensland Greens |
Greenslopes | Victor Huml | Greens |
Gregory | Norman Weston | Queensland Greens |
Gregory | Dave Kerrigan | Labor |
Gympie | Tracey McWilliam | ALP |
Gympie | Roxanne Kennedy-Perriman | Queensland Greens |
Hervey Bay | Jannean Dean | Independent |
Hervey Bay | Jenni Cameron | Queensland Greens |
Hill | Johanna Kloot | Queensland Greens |
Hinchinbrook | Lyle Burness | Queensland Greens |
Inala | Navdeep Singh | Queensland Greens |
Ipswich | Brett Morrissey | Queensland Greens |
Ipswich West | Keith Muller | Queensland Greens |
Jordan | Steven Purcell | Queensland Greens |
Kawana | Jeremy Davey | Independent |
Kawana | mark moss | ALP |
Kawana | Annette Spendlove | Queensland Greens |
Keppel | Clancy Mullbrick | Queensland Greens |
Keppel | Brittany Lauga | Labor |
Kurwongbah | Rachel Doherty | Queensland Greens |
Lockyer | Ian Simons | Queensland Greens |
Logan | Liam Jenkinson | Queensland Greens |
Lytton | Ken Austin | Queensland Greens |
Macalister | Melissa McMahon | Labor |
MacAlister | Gregory Bradley | Independent |
Macalister | Gabi Nehring | Queensland Greens |
Mackay | Martin McCann | Independent |
Mackay | Elliot Jennings | The Greens |
Maiwar | Ali King | Australian Labor Party |
Maiwar | Michael Berkman | Queensland Greens |
Mansfield | Barbara Bell | Queensland Greens |
Maroochydore | Daniel Bryar | Queensland Greens |
Maroochydore | Julie McGlone | Queensland Labor |
Maryborough | Craig Armstrong | Queensland Greens |
McConnel | Kamala Emanuel | Socialist Alliance |
McConnel | Grace Grace | Labor |
McConnel | Kirsten Lovejoy | Queensland Greens |
Mermaid Beach | Gary Pead | Independent |
Mermaid Beach | Helen Wainwright | Queensland Greens |
Miller | Mark Bailey | Labor |
Miller | Deniz Clarke | Queensland Greens |
Mirani | Christine Carlisle | Queensland Greens |
Moggill | Evan Jones | ALP |
Moggill | Lawson McCane | Queensland Greens |
Morayfield | Mark Ryan | Australian Labor Party |
Morayfield | Gavin Behrens | QLD Greens |
Mount Ommaney | Jenny Mulkearns | Queensland Greens |
Mudgeeraba | Jill Pead | Independent |
Mudgeeraba | Rod Duncan | Queensland Greens |
Mulgrave | Carmel Murray | Queensland Greens |
Mundingburra | Alan Birrell | Independent |
Mundingburra | Jenny Brown | Queensland Greens |
Mundingburra | Coralee O'Rourke | Labor |
Murrumba | Steven Miles | Labor |
Murrumba | Jason Kennedy | Queensland Greens |
Nanango | John Harbison | Queensland Greens |
Nicklin | Mick Tyrrell | Queensland Greens |
Ninderry | Bill Gissane | Labor |
Ninderry | Sue Etheridge | The Greens |
Noosa | Aaron White | Independent |
Noosa | Sandy Bolton | Independent |
Noosa | Mark Denham | Labor |
Noosa | Robin Bristow | Reason |
Noosa | Phillip Jenkins | Queensland Greens |
Nudgee | Ell-Leigh Ackerman | Queensland Greens |
Oodgeroo | Tony Austin | Australian Labor Party |
Oodgeroo | Brad Scott | Queensland Greens |
Pine Rivers | Nikki Boyd | ALP |
Pine Rivers | Jack Margaritis | Queensland Greens |
Pumicestone | Jason Burgess | N/A |
Pumicestone | Tony Longland | The Greens |
Redcliffe | James Bovill | Queensland Greens |
Redlands | Kim Richards | ALP |
Redlands | David Keogh | Queensland Greens |
Rockhampton | Barry O'Rourke | Labor Party |
Rockhampton | Kate Giamarelos | Queensland Greens |
Sandgate | Stirling Hinchliffe | Labor |
Sandgate | Miree Le Roy | Greens |
Scenic Rim | Shannon Girard | Queensland Greens |
South Brisbane | Jackie Trad | Labor |
South Brisbane | Amy MacMahon | Queensland Greens |
Southern Downs | Antonia van Geuns | Queensland Greens |
Southport | Michelle Le Plastrier | Queensland Greens |
springwood | john taylor | civil liberties, consumer rights, no-tolls party |
Springwood | Neil Cotter | Queensland Greens |
Stafford | John Meyer | Queensland Greens |
Stretton | Anisa Nanaula | Queensland Greens |
Surfers Paradise | Scott Turner | Queensland Greens |
Surfers Paradise | Anthony Walker | Labor |
Theodore | Luz Stanton | Labor |
Theodore | Tina Meni | Queensland Greens |
Thuringowa | Mike Rubenach | Queensland Greens |
Toohey | Gordon King | Queensland Greens |
Toowoomba North | Josephine Townsend | Only Federally - NXT |
Toowoomba North | Emmeline Chidley | Queensland Greens |
Toowoomba South | Susan Krause | Queensland Labor |
Toowoomba South | Alyce Nelligan | Queensland Greens |
Townsville | Rebecca Ryan | Queensland Greens |
Traeger | Peter Relph | Queensland Greens |
Traeger | Peter Relph | Queensland Greens |
Traeger | Ronald Bird | LNP |
Warrego | Ian Mazlin | Queensland Greens |
Waterford | Lee McKenzie McKinnon | Independent |
Waterford | Shannon Fentiman | ALP |
Waterford | Kirsty Petersen | Queensland Greens |
Whitsunday | Imogen Lindenberg | Queensland Greens |
Woodridge | Jacob Rice | Queensland Greens |
*Please note: This list only contains the candidates who have said yes to Fair Agenda's pledge question. Other responses that have been received from candidates' will be released by Fair Agenda in coming days.
This election we have an historic opportunity to win safe and legal abortion in Queensland...
Fair Agenda's analysis shows that there are enough pro-choice candidates challenging anti-choice MPs in key marginal seats to tip Queensland’s parliament to a pro-choice majority at this election. That's exactly what we need to change these archaic laws.
But to make that happen, it will take all of us. Can you help? Sign up to get involved in the campaign for safe and legal access to abortion here: http://www.fairagenda.org/decriminalise_qldelection
The Fair Agenda pledge question
Fair Agenda has asked all candidates to pledge that if elected:
I will vote to remove abortion from the criminal code, and support laws to ensure all Queenslanders can safely and legally access full reproductive healthcare, without being harassed or intimidated.
Specifically, taking the pledge means that candidates commit to support reforms that:
- Treat abortion like other medical procedures, as a private decision for the pregnant person in consultation with their doctor, up until 24 weeks gestation. And also provide legal access to abortion beyond this point if the pregnant person consents and two doctors determine there is a risk of harm if the pregnancy is not terminated. (This is consistent with the Victorian Law Reform Commission's recommendations and Queensland clinical practice regarding foetal viability).
- Ensure a doctor's personal beliefs don't get in the way of their patient's access to reproductive healthcare; by requiring doctors who oppose abortion on the basis of their personal beliefs to refer a patient seeking advice on, or provision of, an abortion to another provider who doesn't have the same opposition.
- Create safe access zones that prevent harassment and intimidation within 150m of premises that provide abortion.
This pledge ask is also backed by: The Human Rights Law Centre, Women’s Legal Service Queensland, White Ribbon and the Queensland Council of Unions.
Candidates can add their response to Fair Agenda's pledge question at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FA_Qldelectionpledge
- Authorised by R.Carr, Fair Agenda, 673 Bourke Street, Melbourne VIC 3000.-
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