Labor decried the party as ‘the axis of evil’ for siding with the Coalition, but pollster says their stance is a vote-winner
When the Greens voted with the Coalition to delay Labor’s signature housing bill, the governmentthreats of a double dissolution
Kristin O’Connell, a former Greens national secretary, warned the decision “will see a cohort of newly motivated Greens supporters become disillusioned because of how it was handled”. The government believes the Greens folded because a double dissolution in 2024 threatened to reduce their senator numbers from 12, particularly because of strong showings from the Legalise Cannabis party in recent elections. The Greens claim the threat was discussed but was not a primary driver of the decision.
In a speech to the Victorian Greens conference on Sunday, Bandt will cite target seats including Macnamara, Higgins, Wills and Cooper in Melbourne; Tanya Plibersek’s seat of Sydney, where 52% of voters rent; and Richmond, in the northern rivers of New South Wales.