About
Andrew Bartlett has lived his entire life in Brisbane, currently living in the suburb of Windsor. He has enormous experience in the political arena, having represented Queensland as a Democrats Senator in the Australian Parliament from 1997 to 2008.
Andrew's other work has included consulting and volunteering for not-for-profit organisations, community development and social work.
Married with an 8-year-old daughter, Andrew has a wide variety of interests that range from politics to music, writing and football.
Over many years, both inside and outside of Parliament, Andrew has been working for:
- more affordable housing
- strengthening Australia’s environmental laws
- defending human rights and a fair go for refugees and migrants
- improving honesty, accountability, transparency and public involvement in politics
Contact Andrew on brisbane@qld.greens.org.au
Policies
The unique contest for the seat of Brisbane - the only electorate in the country where the three main candidates have over a decade’s experience in Parliament - provides the chance to get a proper focus on the issues that matter.
These include:
- providing more affordable housing in the inner-city area
- promoting effective action on climate change that addresses what the science says is needed, not what the polls say would be politically safe
- ensuring a cleaner urban environment & more public transport
- ensuring more sensible & less wasteful infrastructure development in our city
- helping to create and maintain new, sustainable business opportunities