The Greens' disastrous result at the Victorian election is blamed on relentless Labor trolls and bitter internal conflicts that stopped many members from campaigning, a party election review finds.
The party controversially stood by the former rapper.
Mr Leppert noted that Labor was effective at drawing together multiple scandals to highlight"the Greens' women problem", which"was amplified by the press gallery and damaged supporter morale". Membership has also declined in the state, which is the home base for federal party leader Richard Di Natale and high-profile MP Adam Bandt.
"It is probably due more to the media's attitude towards the Greens and the nature of the campaign where we were frequently on the back foot responding to attacks that our policy initiatives did not cut through in the media as we intended," Mr Leppert said.
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