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Jenny Cambers-Smith - Franklin
2024 Tasmania State Election - State Mp Candidate - March, 23, 2024
Electorate of Franklin - Tasmanian Greens - Australia
Who is Jenny Cambers-Smith?
Jenny Cambers-Smith, a councillor for Huon Valley Council, shares her deep-rooted connection to the land and the Huon Valley, where she and her family have lived for over 18 years. Coming from a background where she was the first to attend university, she has built a career in marketing, product development, and consultancy, in addition to working as a freelance business writer.
Her professional journey has been marked by significant contributions to small businesses in Tasmania and Australia through grant acquisition, contract wins, and the development of WHS and quality documentation. Cambers-Smith has leveraged her skills for the benefit of the community, notably in environmental and planning initiatives such as landscape-scale weed control, conservation efforts, and challenging unsuitable development proposals.
She is deeply committed to the Huon Valley, its residents, and the natural environment, actively engaging in regenerative agricultural practices and wildlife conservation on her property. Her aspirations as a councillor include fostering an inclusive society where everyone can partake in Australia's prosperity, environmental stewardship, supporting small businesses, and addressing climate change impacts to ensure a sustainable future for the Huon Valley.
What are Jenny Cambers-Smith's Political Values?
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.
