OUR Independent guide to voting for the environment this election
Do political parties have a plan for the things you care about?
Turn the dials, then find out.

I don't care
I care a lot
Support clean energy

I don't care
I care a lot
Cut pollution

I don't care
I care a lot
Protect our reefs, rivers, forest and wildlifes
You:
Click on each party to find out more
Together, our votes are powerful. Will you sign the pledge?
I’ll vote for a candidate who will:
Who is ACF?
Who is ACF? The Australian Conservation Foundation is Australia’s national environment organisation
We are a quarter of a million people strong. We are proudly independent, non-partisan and funded by donations from the ACF community.
Support clean energy
Go 100% clean energy
Be nuclear free
How did we calculate these scores?
We measured the policies of each party against 40 tests set out in ACF’s National Agenda 2016. The tests are grouped under three broad headings: clean energy, cutting pollution and protecting nature. Together, these are the policy commitments we believe are required to protect people rivers, reefs, forests and wildlife for future generations.
We have ranked the 40 tests into three categories: critical issues (worth 5 marks), priority issues (worth 3 marks) and important issues (worth 1 mark). For each policy offering, we decide how many of the total available marks to award on the basis of how completely the policy fulfils our test. In some cases, such as where a policy unwinds existing environmental protection, we award negative marks. The total score out of 100 is our assessment of the strength of the party’s overall policy offering as it relates to the issues in ACF’s National Agenda. In the case of the minor parties on our scorecard, we haven taken into account their lesser relative capacity and have looked for strong in-principle commitments to deliver the policies our tests require, rather than detailed policy design. We have not assessed policy which falls outside our agenda.
ALP
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The Greens
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The NXT
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The GLT
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