The Queensland Australian Democrats have announced Paul Stevenson and Jen Cluse as the Senate candidates for the forthcoming Federal election.
The No.1 candidate is Paul Stevenson, OAM. Paul is an Australian psychologist, and recognised authority within the field of trauma management. Paul is a prolific author, and has also been involved on the ground in numerous disaster response efforts in both Australia and overseas.
The support candidate is Ms Jen Cluse. Jen is a retired pilot, with extensive experience in both the RAAF and in the commercial world, both in Australia and overseas. Jen has a special professional interest as a former pilot in the alarming growth of CO2 emissions.
Paul Stevenson believes the role of the Senate and the role of the Australian Democrats are crucial: "The Australian Democrats have a special role as the voice of moderation - the voice of sanity almost - in looking at issues on their own merits. Australia needs the Democrats more than ever".
Paul Stevenson
Australian Democrats No.1 Senate Candidate for Queensland
paul.stevenson@democrats.org.au
Tel: 0412 000 080
Jen Cluse
Australian Democrats No.2 Senate Candidate for Queensland
jennifer.cluse@democrats.org.au
Tel: 0428 284 012
Paul J. Stevenson OAM
Australian Democrats Senate candidate for Queensland
Paul is the current Queensland President of the Australian Democrats. he is a registered Psychologist with 37 years experience in the Human Services Industry. He has raised two (now grown up) children as a sole parent. In 2007 Paul was the candidate for Moncrieff in the federal election.
Paul owns his own Psychology practice with offices in four cities, including two interstate. He has authored four books and is a specialist in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.
He has provided on-site consultancy services to many major disasters in Australia and Asia over the past twenty years. Paul was also an adviser to the Prime Minister during the Indian Ocean Tsunami campaign
As President of the Australian Association of Psychologists, Paul is currently engaged in top-level negotiations with Politicians and Medicare Officials regarding Mental Health Reform. He is also the Policy Coordinator for Mental Health with the Australian Democrats. His long experience in Mental Health has been valuable in that he has seen past mistakes continuously repeated, and believes the way forward is in open and accountable processes and procedures, determined through consultation with industry experts.
Paul believes he is suited to the position of Senate candidate in respect to his life-long dedication to social justice, his ability and experience in negotiation and interaction with people, his open and inclusive nature, and his calm considered style.
Paul Stevenson
paul.stevenson@democrats.org.au
Tel: 0412 000 080
Jennifer Cluse
Australian Democrats Senate candidate for Queensland
Jennifer Cluse has worked as a radio tech in the RAAF, then a flying instructor, later an aviator in airlines, and finally flying overseas in semi-government executive services, to head of state level.
As a person who is always looking for solutions, Jennifer found that the Australian Democrats were the only people who seemed to grasp the big picture, with meaningful policies, and the party joined in 2004. She was a candidate in the 2007 federal election for the seat of Lilley in 2007.
Jennifer is deeply concerned about the 200-year graph of CO2 levels in the atmosphere.
“In electronics terms it’s like a feedback loop with speaker howl. Things have to change quickly, or we will be in trouble, type unknown. We now know that CO2 is just one of the greenhouse gasses we produce. The output of Greenhouse Gasses must be reduced to the planet’s ability to absorb them by 2016 to break the feedback loop.”
In the last three years I concentrated on balancing my own carbon signature, while trying to find a technological answer. To Jennifer, the Australian Democrats still have the best understanding of the difficulties of restraining then reducing emissions.
Jennifer believes that when holding the balance of the Senate vote, the Australian Democrats have, and definitely will in future, offer calm assessment of all legislation being offered to the Senate, negotiate to remove poor concepts or excesses, and be an effective protector of the national, and global, interest. “We deserve better guidance.”
Jen Cluse
jennifer.cluse@democrats.org.au
Tel: 0428 284 012
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