Comment on Greens’ election hubris – how the minor party lost its way and now its leader

Fleur_@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• hanrahan@slrpnk.net ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Pretty much this, the Green vote was about stable, the issue was preferences. One Nation, Trumpet, Liberals etc ended up having thier preferences fall through to Labor.

  Bandts seat was realigned, he took in a new section around Pahran etc that was traditional Labor.

  As a long time Greens voter they’re not going to get much further then this, they don’t appeal to entitlement and greed and are more science and fact based. An old quote by James Speth sums up why

  As Anthony Green pointed out on election night, next election will be worse as the funding laws have now changed and vastly favour LNP and ALP.

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  I used to think the top global environmental problems were biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and climate change. I thought that with 30 years of good science we could address these problems. But I was wrong. The top environmental problems are selfishness, greed and apathy, and to deal with these we need a spiritual and cultural transformation, and we scientists don’t know how to do that." -James Speth

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  • Fleur_@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Yeah I’m a little bit doomer about election funding being rigged in favour of the mainstream parties. We’ll see how it plays out long term.

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    • Eyekaytee@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      didn’t clive palmer spend millions and got nothing?

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      • lodion@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Yes, and that has put a smile on my face.

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      • Fleur_@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        “Achieved nothing,” he’s only a household name after all

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