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“If the Labor Left is concerned with building strong social movements independent of parliament, and winning more debates within the Labor Party to help achieve policy objectives, surely it is time to reassess if joining with the Labor Right as well as the Coalition to attack the Greens is a wise move.” So writes Lee [...]
Mr Dastyari, who described the Greens as “extremists not unlike One Nation”, said Labor must “stop treating them like they are part of our family … Where it is in the Labor Party’s interest to do so, we should consider placing (the Greens) last – just like we did with One Nation,” he said. The Australian reports this weekend, [...]
Author of Looking for the Light on the Hill: Modern Labor’s Challenges, Troy Bramston wrote an interesting article in The Australian today. Here’s an excerpt: Labor’s wiser heads believe the Greens’ support has peaked and Brown’s departure will accelerate their decline. Labor research provides an insight into who votes Green and why, and suggests the bigger [...]
Ted Baillieu promised at the 2010 Victorian election that he would keep the legislated target of 20% reduction of carbon emissions by 2020 (on 2000 levels) — in fact, the Liberal Party supported this legislation when it came to parliament. Yesterday, Environment Minister Ryan Smith announced that the Victorian government would dump the target. With Victoria [...]
Brian Walters SC, the Greens Party candidate for Melbourne has admitted that he distributed a leaflet that incorrectly claimed Labor accepted donations for tobacco companies. Labor has banned donations from tobacco companies since 2004. Walters blamed the leaflet on an unnamed “volunteer researcher”. The Greens will stop distributing an election flyer that incorrectly stated the [...]