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What’s with the high Greens vote in Coral Bay (Durack)?
On state election figures would win here
@SpaceFish Coral Bay is where Ningaloo Reef is, so I’d imagine there’s a natural conservation theme in this part of the world vs the rest of regional WA.
@Tommo9
Thanks for that.
@Mick
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@SpaceFish @Tommo9 is right, but this booth also marginally voted No to the Voice (55.0% No vs 45.0% Yes).
I think it’s one of those less progressive hippie areas that are slowly trending conservative as the right starts to care more about nature and conservation and the left starts to become woker and more out of touch. Elands in Lyne is a good example of this, it only marginally voted Yes but has usually been a Greens booth surrounded by particularly conservative Nationals booths (Comboyne and Long Flat are the most conservative booths in Lyne) in a safe Nationals seat.
Coral Bay is a small community where the entire economy is based on environmental tourism related to Ningaloo Reef.
https://www.australiascoralcoast.com/destinations/ningaloo/coral-bay
https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/SAL50338
The hippie movement was in the 1960s. Any hippies that are still alive, they would be aged well over 70. At the 2021 census, there were only 5 people in Coral Bay aged over 70.