Toni Warden is a founding member of the Stop the Eastern Terminal Substation Action Group and a member of the Hills Climate Action Group, and the Nature Reserves Preservation Group.
As the mother of two children, she is a passionate advocate for the preservation of the environment and the urgent need to take action at a local level to address climate change.
She has worked in the mining industry in remote locations in Australia and South America and her experiences include developing innovative solution strategies, contract administration and occupational health and safety and environmental initiatives. She has a strong understanding of the complexities of cultures,the impacts of social inequity and an appreciation for our natural environment.
She has a broad understanding of the energy, water, environmental conservation and social challenges facing Western Australia and believes that The Greens is the only political party that is offering credible solutions to these issues.
As the Greens candidate for Kalamunda in the Lower House, she recognises three major issues affecting the seat of Kalamunda as being the lack of community services, the high cost of life’s necessities (like rent, power, food, education and transport) and the need for the community to move towards sustainable living.
All areas of the Kalamunda electorate have largely been forgotten about by the two major parties. Labor and Liberal’s drive for economic boom has lead to an enormous social crisis that is weakening our communities. Housing prices are unaffordable, skilled labour in policing, teaching, nursing, and the building industry has been drained away. Our petrol prices have increased, but there has been no compensation in the form of adequate cheap public transport.
She will look to introduce legislation that will ensure Government sponsored financial incentives for programs that will help to offset rising power, food, petrol and housing costs. For example, incentives for cheap solar power systems and electricity tariffs rewarding modest users. I will also push for the establishment of farmers’ markets, an increase in express bus services to our suburb hubs and a reduction in the stamp duty on new homes.
The Greens have always focused on the needs of the community and have always worked to keep the government honest. What Kalamunda needs is for the voting public to recognise that it is time for a change in the history of our political leadership. Both major parties are one and the same and have made a mess of our communities. The Greens are the only community focused political party that will do the hard work to safe guard our future.
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01 September 2008
Interview with Green Left Weekly writer Annolise Truman - 30 August 08
TONI WARDEN, Greens WA candidate for Kalamunda in the September 6 state election, is a founding member of the Stop the Eastern Terminal Substation Action Group (SETS) and a member of the Hills Climate Action Group. GLW’s Annolies Truman interviewed her about her campaign.What do you see as the...
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01 September 2008
A home in a high voltage forest - Media Release - 20 August 08
WESTERN POWER’S announcement of a “fresh start” on its plans to run high voltage power lines through the hills came under criticism this week by Green’s candidate Toni Warden. Mrs Warden, who is running for the Lower House in the district of Kalamunda, said she had researched...
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01 September 2008
Hills' hoons receive message that speeding is okay - Media Release - 19 Aug 2008
NINETY racing cars are set to speed through the hills on Friday 5 September following permission from the Shire of Kalamunda. The event, organised by Targa West, is to commence on Mundaring Weir Road following a warm-up along residential roads, including the road on which Lower House Green’s c...
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01 September 2008
Kalamunda could soon be greener - Media Release - 13 Aug 2008
KALAMUNDA could soon be ‘Green’ should recent indications follow through at next month’s state election. Greens’ candidate for Kalamunda Toni Warden said more hills’ people than ever before were worried about the environment, global warmin...
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01 September 2008
Save the Perth Hills by supporting the Perth Hills Planning Bill
Through my work with the Stop the Eastern Terminal Substation, I became acutely aware of how endangered the Perth Hills are to continued urban development, mining and public work projects (Western Power and the Water Corporation). The Hills are viewed as being rich for the pickings. We have good ba...
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27 August 2008
Rally fears refuted - The Kalamunda Reporter (26 Aug 2008)
I live in the picturesque valley of Piesse Brook. Most of the time it is a peaceful place of incredible beauty. A major impediment to that peacefulness is the daily “hooning” my neighbours and I (and lets face it – the whole hills community) have to live with.
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27 August 2008
Meet Greens candidate for Kalamunda Toni Warden - The Echo (23 Aug 2008)
Tonight I watched a news item on the ABC news, featuring Colin Barnett giving a speech to the 500 club of Western Australia."Mr Barnett has addressed a business lunch hosted by the 500 club, which today pledged $400,000 for the Liberal Party's election campaign...." read more here...
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27 August 2008
Terminal discussed at meeting - The Echo (16 Aug 2008)
It was thrilling to see such a significant turn out at the Council Chambers on the 11 August 08. Around 80 people filled the chamber to demonstrate their opposition to Western Power's proposed project. I was at first heartened to hear that Western Power were proposing a "fresh start&q...
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19 August 2008
Labor's climate change window dressing
The state Labor government has been spending a great deal of money on climate change advertising in recent months, asking you and I to act now to reduce our emissions. You might think that the Labor Party must be serious about addressing climate change.You’d be wrong.There are a range of excel...
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19 August 2008
How the people saved their river - Speech by Robert Kennedy Jnr
In 1966, Transcentral Railroad began vomiting oil from the riverside rail-yard on the Hudson River in New York state. The oil went up the river on the tides, blackened the beaches and made the fish impossible to sell at the markets in New York City. One of the enclaves of fisheries on the Hudson is ...
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