The Greens are poised to be part of the next government, but can they be trusted?
ON present polling, at the forthcoming election, the Greens seem fairly certain to hold the balance of power in the Senate with an outside chance that they will do the same in the lower house. So the whole focus of importance in this election switches from Labor and the Coalition, to the Greens.
This means that they should immediately make clear to the voting public how they would exercise the balance of power. In any democracy holding the balance of power is a very serious responsibility, but there are no signs to date that the Greens acknowledge this.
In Australia, fractured politics is occurring more frequently as ideology dies a slow death and our main parties, desperate for power, gravitate towards the mainstream; the disaffected are left in limbo looking for alternatives. Read more.
ON present polling, at the forthcoming election, the Greens seem fairly certain to hold the balance of power in the Senate with an outside chance that they will do the same in the lower house. So the whole focus of importance in this election switches from Labor and the Coalition, to the Greens.
This means that they should immediately make clear to the voting public how they would exercise the balance of power. In any democracy holding the balance of power is a very serious responsibility, but there are no signs to date that the Greens acknowledge this.
In Australia, fractured politics is occurring more frequently as ideology dies a slow death and our main parties, desperate for power, gravitate towards the mainstream; the disaffected are left in limbo looking for alternatives. Read more.