Party leader Adam Bandt pledged a “huge, people-powered campaign” in seats where it hopes its pro-Palestine stance will get it over the line.
will become the Greens’ first Palestinian MP if the party can harness anger over Labor’s stance on the Gaza conflict to snatch a key seat from the government at the next election.
, may be complicated by the Coalition if, as expected, it adopts former prime minister John Howard’s call to put the Greens below Labor on ballot papers over its position on the war. After gaining the inner-Brisbane seats of Griffith, Ryan and Brisbane at the last election – adding to its first federal seat, Melbourne – theto drop Labor below the 76 required for a majority and force Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to meet the crossbench party’s demands to pass bills.Moreton is held by Labor MP Graham Perrett on a margin of 9 per cent. Perrett, a Left-faction MP viewed as a hardworking local member,but has so far refused to confirm.
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