Greens senator defects to Labor

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• Ilandar@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Seems like a pretty selfish decision from the outside. It will be interesting to see what happens when she’s up for re-election in three years.

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• maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Should have fucking resigned.

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  • Zagorath@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I don’t agree. I supported Fatima Payman when she defected from Labor, I am in favour of Jacinta Price defecting from the Nationals to the Liberals, and even though I think she’s betraying her beliefs and her supporters and the country for some political power she’s unlikely ever to actually receive, I support Dorinda Cox’s right to do this if she thinks it’s the right move.

    Our electoral system doesn’t elect parties. It elects people. If you don’t like that, you should advocate (as I do, by the way) for a change to a proportional system, such as the MMP used in New Zealand and Germany.

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    • Ilandar@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Is that really true when it comes to the Senate, though? Cox would have been elected largely based on people voting for The Greens above the line, not voting specifically for her below the line.

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• FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  WHYYYYYYY???

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  • FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Senator Cox has said that her values align with the Labor Party. This is the same Labor Party who this week approved the climate-wrecking North West Shelf gas project," she said. “Senator Cox would have had more chance of effecting change by continuing to work with the Greens in the sole balance of power.”

    Mr Albanese said he had not spoken to Senator Waters.

    “The reason why Dorinda has made this decision is the same reason why all those years ago as a very young man I made the decision to join the Labor Party… That the way you make a difference is to be part of a party of government,” he said.

    This makes it sound like she just wants the power.

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    • Zagorath@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Well good luck to her in 2028 when she’s up for election…and more importantly, preselection, I guess. See how well Labor rewards that loyalty with their Senate tickets.

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    • hanrahan@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Yeah her comment about not affecting change from the cross bench was laughable.

      And her goals aligning with Labor ? Oh well, more climate destruction and science denial on the way :(

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• Sheppa@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Dorinda Cox is a piece of shit, I hope her home burns down next large climate driven fire.

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• Eyekaytee@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  “I’ve worked hard to make Australia fairer and much more reconciled, but recently, I’ve lost some confidence in the capacity for the Greens to assist me in being able to progress this,” Cox told reporters.

  www.sbs.com.au/news/article/…/bo04jmb17

  That is brutal :|

  With now zero Indigenous representation and 1 muslim senator, if they lose her then they’ll be fully transformed into the inner city virtue signalling party who spend their spare time harassing jews

  www.reddit.com/r/queensland/comments/…/mvj5880/

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  • Zagorath@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Not a good look harassing jews outside a pub (with of course Jonathon Sri in tow) recently

    You seriously gonna take the word of a Courier Mail hit piece supported by our pro-genocide Lord Mayor? Why not take it from the mouths of the people who were there: facebook.com/…/pfbid0367K3jZ7w3BskcQP3zpbFR4uKT8w…

    The protest was not “harassing jews”, it was a peaceful protest against an explicitly zionist organisation, organised by workers at the venue that had hired itself out to these genociders.

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    • Eyekaytee@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      You seriously gonna take the word of a Courier Mail

      Nah the comment I linked to was a person who was there:

      Not really. These protesters were out of control.

      Five members of my family were dropped off by a taxi next to this protest to go to a nearby restaurant and were immediately set upon by a few members of the protest group.

      My family members included an elderly couple, a middle aged couple, and a teenage son.

      First the protestors demanded to know if they were attending the Wickham event, and they replied “no, please leave us alone.” (I mean come on, an elderly couple going to a dance event, c’mon).

      But the protest group kept following them and harassing them all the way to the Japanese restaurant they were eating dinner at.

      For the record, our family is generally left leaning, and has no ties whatsoever to either the Jewish or Islamic communities. They were simply passing by.

      They’re all very shaken up by it even a few days later.

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  • Ilandar@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    A source with knowledge of that meeting told the ABC Senator Cox was furious about that outcome and suggested this was the reason for her defection.

    I have heard the same today. It appears to be a mix of frustration at those results and concern over losing her position at the next election.

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