‘It’s bigger than just New England’: mayor during black summer bushfires to run against Barnaby Joyce

Carol Sparks, known for her reminders about climate change, to run for the Greens in New England in upcoming federal election

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Carol Sparks, the former Glen Innes Severn Council mayor who attracted national attention during the black summer bushfires, will challenge Barnaby Joyce at the federal election with a clarion call on climate change action.

With one eye on the nearby flood disaster in the northern rivers and the ongoing impacts of the 2019-20 bushfires still causing anxiety in her region, Sparks says she will be standing up for the voiceless in the National party-held electorate of New England in northern New South Wales.

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