A lawyer and domestic violence campaigner has been selected by the Greens as their candidate for the federal seat of Fremantle vacated by Labor's Melissa Parke.
Kate Davis, the founder of Tenancy WA, says Ms Parke has been a progressive representative for the seat, "despite the Australian Labor Party collapsing in on its values, particularly around asylum seeker policy and climate change".
"Now Melissa has stepped down, Freo residents are looking for the next progressive candidate to fill that space," Ms Davis said on Friday.
"Freo has always been Green - it's time to reflect that in Canberra."
Ms Davis flagged her intention to continue to strongly oppose the largely federal-funded Perth Freight Link project, which will cut a swathe through the Beeliar Wetlands, a habitat for endangered Carnaby's Black Cockatoos.
All eyes are on who Labor will choose as its candidate for the seat of Fremantle, with Maritime Union of Australia organiser Chris Brown and Ms Parke's media adviser and office manager Josh Wilson, who is also the deputy mayor of the local council, vying for pre-selection.
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