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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 [...]
At the same time that I got my hands on Confessions of a Faceless Man, I also got a copy of the latest soul-searching Labor “where are we heading” book, called “All That’s Left: What Labor Should Stand For” edited by Tim Soutphommasane and Nick Dyrenfurth. This book deserves somewhat more than the quick and [...]
Yesterday, the Greens Party journal The Age reported that a party candidate in Gippsland Cheryl Wragg had publicly disagreed with Greg Barber’s energy policy: Ms Wragg, who calls herself an ”industrial Green”, suggested that Mr Barber’s stance was pitched at inner-city voters and did not reflect the views of people in central Gippsland. ”The Greens [...]
Jeremy Sear, a lawyer and pro-Greens blogger has stood up for the Greens Party preferencing an anti-Muslim, anti-Choice independent candidate in Essendon. “Sometimes, on balance, Labor is even worse than a slightly anti-choice independent.” According to Sear, is it better for the Greens Party to preference the anti-Choice candidate in question – Paul Guiliano – [...]
Less than two weeks out from the Victorian election, and Federal Greens Party Leader Bob Brown – highly regarded as being an honest and ethical politician – has decided to send out an email smear to Greens Party supporters in a cheap attempt to raise money. Bob Brown has long argued for a higher standard [...]
The Greens political party is to be commended for the professional, disciplined, on-message election campaign they ran in Melbourne during the Federal Election and they are currently running in the Victorian Election. There are two key messages that the Greens Party have pushed in the last election and this. They are: 1. The number of [...]
Brian Walters is the Greens Party candidate for Melbourne. He is also a barrister and SC. Recently, it has come to light that Walters has investments in QLD coal interests and represented a coal company over the workplace death of a union delegate at a mine. These facts are not smears. Neither Walters nor the [...]
The Greens political party loves to say that they support genuine action on climate change, but unfortunately the reality is that they are a policy-free zone. Labor has recently come out with its Climate Change White Paper. This plan has the potential to see massive cuts to Victoria’s carbon pollution – 20% by 2020. Victorian [...]
There’s an article in Politico about how the Democrats are spending up big in marginal congressional races this year on behalf of Democratic congressmen who have run ads against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. As control of the House hangs in the balance, Democrats can’t afford to play favorites with their money down the stretch run [...]
Labor is working hard to get on the front foot on climate, especially in preparing to defend a number of northern inner-city seats which on the results from relevant booths at the federal poll would either fall to the Greens (Melbourne, Richmond) or are line-ball (Northcote, Brunswick). Whilst the Greens as yet do not appear [...]
Despite my election-related criticisms of the Greens political party, the deal announced today between Julia Gillard and Bob Brown is a good one. Prime Minister Julia Gillard has agreed to a swag of demands from the Greens as part of a formal deal to join forces as Labor tries to secure a parliamentary majority. Immediately [...]
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