the only public self-reflection they’ve done regarding the last term is that “Labor ran an effective campaign on us blocking the HAAF for a year” IIRC.
Basically no political party is going to have an open public discussion on this. There’s clearly two “factions” of the Greens, one more pragmatic and the other more ‘activist’. I think the observation that Labor ran an effective smear campaign on their own unwillingness to negotiate is pretty obvious (not to say that there isn’t also some need for a discussion about how much blocking is the right amount). But everyone seems to think the Greens are “this must be perfect” type people despite the fact that they showed in the last term they were willing to reduce demands or vote for things they didn’t like so I guess it isn’t.
…Max Chandler-Mather’s comments about other politicians being mean
Other MPs complained about how he was treated so… (See here).
I think the perception that the greens are arrogant is mostly a media thing to be honest, and I’m not sure how much they can do to fight that. Imo there is a general perception of any activist or left wing group that they’re all arrogant/holier than thou types.
They ended up backing Labor’s housing policies despite the analysis from think tanks like the Australia Institute saying they would do nothing. This all seems like a double standard anyway to me, did Labor change any policy on housing? It took months to extract some direct cash on top of the HAFF then they refused to negotiate, the greens at least tried to, yet the greens are arrogant.
spiffmeister@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Basically no political party is going to have an open public discussion on this. There’s clearly two “factions” of the Greens, one more pragmatic and the other more ‘activist’. I think the observation that Labor ran an effective smear campaign on their own unwillingness to negotiate is pretty obvious (not to say that there isn’t also some need for a discussion about how much blocking is the right amount). But everyone seems to think the Greens are “this must be perfect” type people despite the fact that they showed in the last term they were willing to reduce demands or vote for things they didn’t like so I guess it isn’t.
Other MPs complained about how he was treated so… (See here).
Tenderizer@aussie.zone 2 months ago
spiffmeister@aussie.zone 2 months ago
I think the perception that the greens are arrogant is mostly a media thing to be honest, and I’m not sure how much they can do to fight that. Imo there is a general perception of any activist or left wing group that they’re all arrogant/holier than thou types.
They ended up backing Labor’s housing policies despite the analysis from think tanks like the Australia Institute saying they would do nothing. This all seems like a double standard anyway to me, did Labor change any policy on housing? It took months to extract some direct cash on top of the HAFF then they refused to negotiate, the greens at least tried to, yet the greens are arrogant.