Gideon Cordover, running as the #2 candidate for Franklin and currently a councillor for Kingborough Council, emphasizes his core values of integrity, compassion, and the courage to confront vested interests. With Kingborough as his home base, Cordover's career is marked by a significant dedication to community and people.
His journey includes a varied background from graduating from NIDA, to contributing significantly on a national and international scale, including serving on the ABC Advisory Council and holding board director positions in notable not-for-profits such as Gymnastics Tasmania. His work experience spans roles at the Heart Foundation and Anglicare, as well as entrepreneurship in the tiny houses sector.
Recognized as a leader in his community, Cordover was named in the inaugural group of the Tasmanian Community Fund’s Emerging Community Leaders in 2017. As a council member, he pledges to be an active and constructive team member with a focus on creating local employment opportunities, enhancing public services, and ensuring the community's preparedness for economic and environmental uncertainties.
The Australian Greens, identifying as a social democratic party under the leadership of Adam Bandt, adhere to four main pillars. Social justice, sustainability, grassroots democracy, and peace and non-violence, reflecting their alignment with global green politics.
They champion environmentalism through initiatives like recycling expansion, conservation, and a transition to 100% renewable energy by 2030 via a Green New Deal, which includes investment in renewable technology and Australian manufacturing for green energy solutions. Financially, they advocate for equitable taxation, opposing tax cuts favoring high income earners, promoting a wealth tax on billionaires, and supporting the creation of a publicly owned bank.
The Greens call for enhanced welfare policies, affordable housing, rent caps, increased income support, free public transport and childcare, and debt forgiveness for students. They support universal healthcare expansion, including dental and mental health, reproductive rights, drug law reform, and legal cannabis.
Socially, they push for marriage equality, asylum rights, and gender equality, alongside political reforms like donation caps and an anti-corruption watchdog. In agriculture, they emphasize animal welfare and climate resilience, opposing live exports in favor of ethical practices.
Their foreign policy advocates for independent and transparent international relations, and they support electoral reforms towards proportional representation.