The ACT Greens saw a membership boom following the territory election and plan to hold community events in every suburb in Canberra in the lead-up to the next federal election.
The branch says their local membership went up by 42 per cent since the start of the ACT campaign in 2020, and up by 20 per cent since they kicked off their federal campaign.
Campaign manager Clancy Barnard credits the growth to having Greens representatives in visible ministry roles in the new ACT government.
The Greens received 13.5 per cent of the overall vote in the 2020 ACT election picking up three ministry positions, but less than the 17.7 per cent it achieved in the 2019 federal election's territory senate count.
The branch announced its full suite of federal candidates for the upcoming election on Thursday, drawing on a small business owner and a environmental scientist to stand in the final two territory seats.
Earlier this year, the party named Dr Tjanara Goreng Goreng as its lead senate candidate and Tim Hollo as the candidate for the seat of Canberra, currently held by Labor's Alicia Payne.
The new candidates are Kathryn Savery for the seat of Bean, Natasa Sojic for the seat of Fenner and James Cruz as the second slot in the Greens' senate group.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison could choose any time between August 7 this year and May 21 in 2022 to hold a typical general election.
Candidates from all the parties have been progressively revealed around the country this year.
Labor is expected to officially announce its ACT candidates later this month, with no surprises expected. Federal Labor leader Anthony Albanese spent this week announcing and promoting candidates in Queensland following a 15-day stint in Canberra, including holding events with Ms Payne, because the Covid outbreaks meant he could not return home to Sydney.
Mr Hollo said the Greens planned to get out and talk with people in the territory.
"Our great electoral success I think is coming from what we believe in politics: you talk to people," he said.
"You have as many conversations as you possibly can with as many people, you hear what they're passionate about, and you do everything that you can to work for them."
The new candidates include Ms Savery, a small business owner who was a volunteer in the territory election, which motivated her to run.
"It was an amazing campaign that demonstrated the level of community support for the Greens across the ACT," she said. "That's why we've started campaigning early."
Ms Sojic, an environmental scientist, said Canberrans wanted a plan for integrity in politics.
"Elected representatives should be listening to people most impacted by their decisions, not the lobbyists and corporate donors that swarm into Canberra," she said.
