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The party has its eastern Australian origins in the Franklin River Dams campaign in Tasmania in the 1980s, and in Western Australia arising from concerns about nuclear disarmament. Its political platform now extends beyond environmental concerns to issues of the peace movement, grassroots democracy and social justice. The photograph Morning Mist, Rock Island Bend, Franklin River, by Peter Dombrovskis, was used by the Tasmanian Wilderness Society in advertising. ... Slogan or Nickname: The Apple Isle; Holiday Isle Motto(s): Ubertas et Fidelitas (Fertility and Faithfulness) Other Australian states and territories Capital Hobart Government Constitutional monarchy Governor William Cox Premier Paul Lennon (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 5  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $16,114... Slogan or Nickname: Wildflower State or the Golden State Other Australian states and territories Capital Perth Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Ken Michael Premier Alan Carpenter (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 15  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $100,900 (4th)  - Product per capita  $50,355/person... For the psychology topic, see Environmental psychology. ... A peace movement is a social movement that seeks to achieve ideals such as the ending of a particular war (or all wars), minimize inter-human violence in a particular place or type of situation, often linked to the goal of achieving world peace. ... For other meanings, see Grass roots (disambiguation). ... Social justice refers to the concept of an unjust society that refers to more than just the administration of laws. ...

The party's history can be traced back to the formation of the United Tasmania Group (UTG) (the first established 'Green' party in the world), which first ran candidates in the 1972 election. Many people involved in that group went on to form the Tasmanian Greens. Tasmanian Greens senator Bob Brown and sitting WA Greens senator Dee Margetts formed the first Australian Greens senators following the 1996 federal election. The party now has four senators in the 76-member Australian Senate. The United Tasmania Group (UTG) is generally acknowledged as the worlds first Green Party. ... The Tasmanian Greens are a political party who developed from numerous environmental campaigns in Tasmania including the flooding of Lake Pedder and the building of the Franklin Dam. ... For other uses, see Bob Brown (disambiguation). ... The Greens Western Australia is the state branch of the Australian Greens in Western Australia. ... Diane (Dee) Elizabeth Margetts (b. ... Legislative elections were held in Australia on 2 March 1996. ... Australian Senate chamber Entrance to the Senate The Senate is the upper of the two houses of the Parliament of Australia. ...

The Australian Greens is a national confederation of eight state and territory Greens parties.^[1] The party's parliamentary leader is Bob Brown and will be recontesting his seat along with Kerry Nettle at the 2007 election. For other uses, see Bob Brown (disambiguation). ... Kerry Nettle Kerry Michelle Nettle (born 24 December 1973) is an Australian Senator. ... The 2007 general election for the Parliament of Australia is expected to take place between late October to early December, with 33 to 68 days notice. ...

Structure

The Australian Greens, like all Australian political parties, are federally organised with separately registered state parties signing up to a national constitution, yet still retaining considerable policy-making and organisational autonomy from the centre.^[2] The national decision-making body of the Australian Greens is the National Council, consisting of delegates from each member body (a state or territory Greens party). The National Council arrives at decisions by consensus. There is no formal executive of the national party. However, there is an Australian Greens Coordinating Group (AGCOG) comprised of national office bearers including the National Convenor, Secretary, Treasurer, and delegates from each State and Territory. There is also a Public Officer, a Party Agent and a Registered Officer. For theological federalism, see Covenant Theology. ...

The following portfolio responsibilities are divided between the four Greens Senators:

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• Defence and Treasury
• Prime Minister and Cabinet
• Foreign Affairs and Communications

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• Industrial Relations
• Welfare and Indigenous Affairs

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• Immigration
• Health and Education

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• Climate change and Energy
• Transport and Regional Services

This structure has replaced the previous system, under which specific spokespersons were appointed by the National Council.

A variety of working groups have been established by the National Council and these are directly accessible to all Greens members. Working groups perform an advisory function by developing policy, reviewing or developing the party structure, or by performing other tasks assigned by the National Council.

All policies originating from this structure are subject to ratification by the members of the Australian Greens.^[3]

On Saturday 12 November 2005 at the national conference in Hobart the Australian Greens abandoned their long-standing tradition of having no official leader and approved a process whereby a parliamentary leader could be elected by the Greens Parliamentary Party Room. On Monday 28 November 2005, Bob Brown - who had long been regarded as de facto leader by many inside the party, and most people outside the party - was elected unopposed as the Parliamentary Party Leader.^[4] Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Hobart is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. ...

Political ideology

The Australian Greens are part of the global "Green politics" movement. Former Tasmanian Greens member of the House of Assembly Lance Armstrong summed this position up as, "...neither left nor right but forward." Green politics or Green ideology is the ideology of the Green Parties, mainly informed by environmentalism, ecosophy and sustainable economics and aimed at developing a sustainable society. ... The Tasmanian Greens are a political party who developed from numerous environmental campaigns in Tasmania including the flooding of Lake Pedder and the building of the Franklin Dam. ... The House of Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of Tasmania in Australia. ...

The Charter of the Australian Greens identifies the following as being the four key pillars underlining the party's policy:

• social justice,
• sustainability,
• grassroots democracy and
• peace and non-violence

In pursuit of these principles the Greens have adopted (often controversial) positions on issues such as: Social justice refers to the concept of an unjust society that refers to more than just the administration of laws. ... The Earth Day flag includes a NASA photo. ... For other meanings, see Grass roots (disambiguation). ... Nonviolence (or non-violence) is a set of assumptions about morality, power and conflict that leads its proponents to reject the use of violence in efforts to attain social or political goals. ...

• opposition to the 1991 Gulf War and 2003 Iraq War
• opposition to uranium mining and nuclear power
• promotion of renewable energy
• promotion of a sustainable approach to water resource management
• support for refugees (including opposition to the Coalition's handling of the MV Tampa, SIEV X, and 'Children overboard' incidents)
• support for independence movements around the world, including East Timor, Tibet, and West Papua
• support for human rights in countries such as China, and Burma
• qualified support for voluntary euthanasia,
• increased corporate taxation
• opposition to a Goods & Services Tax (the Greens opposed the introduction of a GST during the 1998 Federal Election, but then, during the 2001 Federal Election, indicated that they would oppose the ALP proposal to remove the GST from gas and electricity bills)
• regulated use of Cannabis for medical purposes ^[5]
• opposition to National Competition Policy

Despite the party's left-wing reputation, some of their better performances (as measured by percentage of primary votes) have been in seats that are traditionally conservative such as Kooyong, Curtin, Wentworth, Higgins and Bennelong, as well as progressive ones such as Melbourne, Grayndler, Adelaide, Melbourne Ports and Sydney. In contrast to this, many lower income safe Labor seats in deprived areas usually poll very small primary votes for the Greens. From 1997-2003 in Western Australia, the majority of Greens WA seats were held in rural and remote seats (Mining, Pastoral, South-West). By contrast Michael Organ won the industrial heartland lower house seat of Cunningham in New South Wales in a by-election run off against Labor (although the seat reverted to Labor in the 2004 Federal election). For other uses, see Iraq war (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Iraq war (disambiguation). ... The Ranger Uranium Mine in Australia. ... This article is about applications of nuclear fission reactors as power sources. ... Renewable energy flows involve natural phenomena such as sunlight, wind, tides and geothermal heat. ... The MV Tampa is a Norwegian cargo ship that was at the centre of a diplomatic dispute between Australia, Norway, and Indonesia which began off the coast of Christmas Island in August 2001. ... SIEV-X stands for Suspected Illegal Entry Vessel X (the X means “unknown”). It is the name, coined by Tony Kevin, commonly used to refer to a dilapidated Indonesian fishing boat that was en-route to Christmas Island carrying over 400 asylum seekers. ... The Children Overboard Affair was an Australian political controversy which arose in 2001 when the government claimed that “a number of children had been thrown overboard” from a “suspected illegal entry vessel” (or SIEV) which had been intercepted by HMAS Adelaide off Christmas Island. ... This article is about historical/cultural Tibet. ... Map showing West New Guinea region The region of West New Guinea is the western half of the island of New Guinea or Papua, and has also been known as Irian Jaya or West Papua. ... For mercy killings not performed on humans, see animal euthanasia. ... Corporate tax refers to a direct tax levied by various jurisdictions on the profits made by companies or associations. ... The GST (Goods and Services Tax) is a value added tax of 10% on most goods and services sold in Australia. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Look up Cannabis in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Division of Kooyong is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria. ... The Division of Curtin is an Australian Electoral Division in Western Australia. ... Location in Sydney The Federal Division of Wentworth is a foundation division of the Australian Parliament, created at the Federation of the Australian Colonies as the Commonwealth of Australia. ... The Division of Higgins is an organiation dedicated to the destruction and hatred of Jim Higgins. ... The Division of Bennelong is an Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales. ... Melbourne is an Australian Electoral Division of Victoria. ... Grayndler is an Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales, which covers parts of the inner-west and inner south of Sydney. ... The Division of Adelaide is an Australian Electoral Division in South Australia. ... Melbourne Ports is an Australian federal electoral division in the inner south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... The Division of Sydney is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales. ... Michael Organ Michael Organ (born 22 September 1956) is an Australian politician. ... The Division of Cunningham is an Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales. ... Legislative elections were held in Australia on 9 October 2004. ...

The Greens have differentiated themselves from the major parties in a number of high-profile policy positions. By taking a strong public stand on issues such international politics and the treatment of asylum seekers, for example, they claim to have shaken off their reputation as a single issue party concerned solely with environment: ecology embraces the human as well as the natural, and so human rights, fair processes and peace are integral to Green practice. Single-issue politics involves political campaigning or political support based on one essential policy area or idea. ...

History

Origins

The Green movement in eastern Australia emerged out of environmental campaigns in the state of Tasmania. The precursor to the Tasmanian Greens (the earliest existent member of the federation of parties that is the Australian Greens), the United Tasmania Group, was founded in 1972 to oppose the construction of new dams to flood Lake Pedder. The campaign failed to prevent the flooding of Lake Pedder and the party failed to gain political representation. One of the party’s candidates was Bob Brown, then a doctor in Launceston^[6]. Slogan or Nickname: The Apple Isle; Holiday Isle Motto(s): Ubertas et Fidelitas (Fertility and Faithfulness) Other Australian states and territories Capital Hobart Government Constitutional monarchy Governor William Cox Premier Paul Lennon (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 5  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $16,114... The United Tasmania Group (UTG) is generally acknowledged as the worlds first Green Party. ... Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Old Lake Pedder, 1970 Lake Pedder is a lake located in the southwest of Tasmania, Australia and consists of a large water catchment contained by three dams. ... Launceston is a city in the north of the state of Tasmania, Australia, population approximately 90,000 (Greater urban and 99,100 statistical division), located at the juncture of the North Esk, South Esk, and Tamar rivers. ...

In the late 1970s and 1980s, a public campaign to prevent the construction of the Franklin Dam in Tasmania saw environmentalist and activist Norm Sanders elected to the Tasmanian Parliament as an Australian Democrat. Brown, then director of the Wilderness Society, contested the election as an independent, but failed to win a seat^[7]. The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, also called The Seventies. ... The 1980s refers to the years from 1980 to 1989. ... The photograph Morning Mist, Rock Island Bend, Franklin River, by Peter Dombrovskis, was used by the Tasmanian Wilderness Society in advertising. ... Norman Karl Sanders (b. ... The Parliament of Tasmania consists of the Governor of Tasmania, the Tasmanian Legislative Council and the Tasmanian House of Assembly. ... The Australian Democrats is an Australian political party which was formed in 1977 through a merger of the Australia Party and the Liberal Movement after principals of those minor parties secured the commitment of former Liberal minister Don Chipp as a high-profile leader[1]. The new party was based... The Tasmanian Wilderness Society was formed initially as a protest group to fight against the looming construction of the Franklin Dam, in Southwest Tasmania. ...

In 1982 Norm Sanders resigned from Parliament, and Brown was elected to replace him on a countback^[8] Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ...

During her 1984 visit to Australia, West German Greens parliamentarian Petra Kelly urged that the various Greens groups in Australia develop a national identity. Partly as a result of this, fifty Greens activists gathered in Tasmania in December to organise a national conference^[9]. This article is about the year. ... Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (literally: Alliance 90/The Greens), the German Green Party, is a political party in Germany whose regional predecessors were founded in the late 1970s as part of the new social movements. ... Petra Kelly, 1987 Petra Karin Kelly (November 29, 1947 – October 1, 1992), German peace activist and Green politician, was born in Günzburg, Bavaria, Germany in 1947, and lived and studied in the United States between 1959 and 1970. ... Slogan or Nickname: The Apple Isle; Holiday Isle Motto(s): Ubertas et Fidelitas (Fertility and Faithfulness) Other Australian states and territories Capital Hobart Government Constitutional monarchy Governor William Cox Premier Paul Lennon (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 5  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $16,114...

The Green movement gained their first federal parliamentary representative when Senator Josephine Vallentine of Western Australia, who had been elected in 1984 for the Nuclear Disarmament Party and later sat as an independent, was part of the formation of and joined Greens (WA), a party formed within the state boundaries of Western Australia, and not affiliated to the Australian Greens at that time. Josephine Vallentine (b. ... Slogan or Nickname: Wildflower State or the Golden State Other Australian states and territories Capital Perth Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Ken Michael Premier Alan Carpenter (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 15  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $100,900 (4th)  - Product per capita  $50,355/person... This article is about the year. ... The Nuclear Disarmament Party (NDP) is a political party in Australia. ...

In 1992, representatives from around the nation gathered in North Sydney and agreed to form the Australian Greens, although the state Greens parties, particularly in Western Australia, retained their separate identities for a period. Brown resigned from the Tasmanian Parliament in 1993, and in 1996 he was elected as a Senator for Tasmania, the first elected as an Australian Greens candidate ^[10]. Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... Australian Senate chamber Entrance to the Senate The Senate is the upper of the two houses of the Parliament of Australia. ...

Initially the most successful Greens group during this period was Greens (WA), at that time still a separate organisation from the Australian Greens. Vallentine was succeeded by Christabel Chamarette in 1992, and she was joined by Dee Margetts in 1993. But Chamarette was defeated in 1996 and Margetts also lost her seat in the 1998 federal election, leaving Brown as the sole Australian Greens Senator. Christabel Marguerite Alain Chamarette (b. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... Diane (Dee) Elizabeth Margetts (b. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ...

2001 Election

The 2001 federal election (the "Tampa election") saw the re-election of Brown as a Senator for Tasmania, and the election of a second Greens Senator, Kerry Nettle of New South Wales. Brown took a strong stand against the government's policy on asylum seekers, leading to a rise in support for the Greens from disaffected Labor voters. This played an important role in defining the Greens as more than just a single-issue environmental party. In 2002 the Greens won a House of Representatives seat for the first time when Michael Organ won the Cunningham by-election. Legislative elections were held in Australia on 10 November 2001. ... The MV Tampa is a Norwegian cargo ship that was at the centre of a diplomatic dispute between Australia, Norway, and Indonesia which began off the coast of Christmas Island in August 2001. ... A senate is a deliberative body, often the upper house or chamber of a legislature. ... Kerry Nettle Kerry Michelle Nettle (born 24 December 1973) is an Australian Senator. ... “NSW” redirects here. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Australian House of Representatives chamber Entrance to the House of Representatives The Australian House of Representatives is one of the two houses (chambers) of the Parliament of Australia. ... Michael Organ Michael Organ (born 22 September 1956) is an Australian politician. ... The Division of Cunningham is an Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales. ...

2004 Election

In the 2004 federal election, the Greens' primary vote rose by 2.3%, to 7.2%. This won them two additional Senate seats (taking the total to four), but the success of the Howard Government in winning a majority in the Senate meant that the Greens' influence on legislation decreased. Michael Organ was defeated by Labor in Cunningham. Legislative elections were held in Australia on 9 October 2004. ... Michael Organ Michael Organ (born 22 September 1956) is an Australian politician. ...

Additionally, the 2004 election saw an intense media campaign from the socially conservative Family First Party, including a television advertisement labelling the Greens the "Extreme Greens". Competitive preferencing strategies prompted by the nature of Senate balloting (see Australian electoral system) saw the Australian Labor Party and the Democrats rank Family First higher than the Greens on their Senate tickets, resulting in the Greens losing preferences they would normally have received from the two parties. Consequently, although outpolling Family First by a ratio of more than four to one first-preference votes, Victorian Family First candidate Steve Fielding was elected on preferences over the Australian Greens' David Risstrom, an unintended consequence of these strategies^[11]. In Tasmania, Christine Milne only narrowly gained her Senate seat before a Family First candidate, despite nearly obtaining the full required quota of primary votes. It was only the high incidence of "below the line" voting in Tasmania that negated the effect of the preference swap deal between Labor and Family First^[12]. The Family First Party (FFP/F1) is a political party in Australia, with policies that generally mirror socially conservative and family values. ... This article deals with elections to the Australian Parliament. ... Steven Fielding (born 17 October 1960), Australian politician, is parliamentary leader of the Family First Party. ... David Risstrom is a Melbourne barrister, a former Melbourne city councillor, and a former Australian Greens candidate for Victoria. ... Christine Milne Christine Anne Milne (b. ...

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Dispute with the Herald Sun

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In response to the article Brown made a complaint to the Australian Press Council. The Press Council upheld Brown's complaint: "The Council views this article as irresponsible journalism... Given the sweeping and unqualified nature of the claims, the newspaper ought to have checked the veracity and currency of the policy claims. Prior to the publication of the article, the reporter rang Sen. Brown's office asking for the Greens' policies. He was informed 'that all current policies were available on the website'. There is evidence that, as well as any use made of the Party's website in writing the article, the reporter preferred other statements of Greens' policies, some erroneous and hostile to the Greens." An appeal by the Herald Sun was dismissed and it was ordered to publish the Press Council’s adjudication.^[13] The Australian Press Council is the self-regulatory body of the Australian print media. ...

Brown said: "This was no accident or mistake. The aim was to attack the Greens, not through the editorial column, but through the news pages. The outcome of the false concoction of the Greens policies was to lose our party tens of thousands of votes and, in my calculation, seats in parliament".^[14]

In April 2006, McManus was invited to speak at a Family First Party dinner. His reported remarks indicated his broad support for that party's objectives.[1]

On 13 April 2007, the Herald Sun published a story titled "Greens tone down election policies"[2] on changes to Greens policies for the 2007 federal election. The 2007 general election for the Parliament of Australia is expected to take place between late October to early December, with 33 to 68 days notice. ...

Since 2004

The Australian Greens primary vote has generally continued to grow with their primary vote increasing by 4.1% in the 2006 election in South Australia, 1.2% in the 2006 election in Queensland, 0.1% in the 2006 election in Victoria and 0.7% in the 2007 election in New South Wales. Contrary to this trend was a swing of 1.5% away from the Greens in the 2006 election in Tasmania^[15]. Elections for the 54th Parliament of New South Wales were held on Saturday, 24 March 2007. ... Legislative elections for the House of Assembly were held in the Australian state of Tasmania on 18 March 2006. ...

2007 Federal Election

Senators Bob Brown (Tas) and Kerry Nettle (NSW) are up for re-election at the 2007 Federal election. For other uses, see Bob Brown (disambiguation). ... Kerry Nettle Kerry Michelle Nettle (born 24 December 1973) is an Australian Senator. ...

The other Greens Senate candidates are Larissa Waters (Qld), Richard Di Natale (Vic), Scott Ludlam (WA), Sarah Hanson-Young (SA) and Kerrie Tucker(ACT). This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Dr Richard DiNatale is the lead Senate Candidate for the Australian Greens in Victoria in the 2007 Australian federal election and an international public health specialist. ... This article is being considered for deletion for the 2nd time in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... Kerrie Tucker was a member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly from 1995 until 2004. ...

Interactions with other political groups

The Greens do not have formal links to environmental organisations commonly labelled by the media as "green groups" such as the Australian Conservation Foundation, The Wilderness Society and Greenpeace, all of whom claim to be non-political. However, a significant number of Greens members are also members of one or more of these organisations. During elections, there is sometimes competition between The Greens and one or more of these groups negotiating "greens preferences" with other parties. The Greens preference negotiation objectives are to attempt to get Greens Senators elected, and to get policy outcomes on issues like Tasmanian forests, though these objectives may be to a greater or lesser extent in conflict. The outcome is that more Greens preferences go to Labor than the Liberals ^[16], but it is claimed that this did not affect federal election outcomes in 2001 and 2004. This is a list of environmental organizations, organizations that preserve or monitor the environment in different ways. ... The Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) is an Australian non-profit, community-based environmental group focused on advocacy, policy research and community education for environmental reform and ecologically sustainable development. ... The Tasmanian Wilderness Society was formed initially as a protest group to fight against the looming construction of the Franklin Dam, in Southwest Tasmania. ... Greenpeace protest against Esso / Exxon Mobil. ...

Labor Party and unions

Many supporters of the Labor Party and trade unions see the Greens' policies as destructive of employment in industries like mining and forestry. The forestry industry has been targeted by radical environmentalists who have chained themselves to machinery and who have been active supporters of the Greens. Left-wing trade unionists and some members of Labor's Socialist Left faction often identify more readily with the Greens, feeling sold out by Labor and sympathizing with the Greens' social policies. Some unionists, such as NTEU members and AMWU member such as Bill weller of South Australia [Reynell in 2006 Kingston in 2007] have even run for parliament both federally and State under the Greens ticket. One Labor MP, Kris Hanna, the member for Mitchell in South Australia, defected to the Australian Greens in 2003. Hanna left the Greens in February 2006 and ran again for Mitchell as an independent in the South Australian state election held on 18 March 2006[3]. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) is an Australian trade union that is comprised of workers in the higher education industry. ... Kris Hanna in the South Australian Parliament Kris Hanna (born 1962), Australian politician, is the current member for Mitchell in the South Australian House of Assembly. ... There are at least two electoral districts by the name of Mitchell: the South Australian electorate of Mitchell, currently held by Green Kris Hanna the Western Australian electorate of Mitchell, currently held by Liberal Dan Sullivan This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise... Capital Adelaide Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Marjorie Jackson-Nelson Premier Mike Rann (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 11  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $59,819 (5th)  - Product per capita  $38,838/person (7th) Population (End of September 2006)  - Population  1,558,200 (5th)  - Density  1. ... Legislative elections for the Parliament of South Australia were held in South Australia on March 18, 2006. ... is the 77th day of the year (78th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

However, these Green sympathies are not universal within Labor's left; the similarities between the two groups often see them competing for the same voters, making the Greens' growing popularity a threat to Labor [4]. In 2002, prominent Socialist Left member Lindsay Tanner wrote "The emergence of the Greens... is already hurting the ALP's ability to attract new members amongst young people."[5]. During the 2004 campaign Tanner's own seat of Melbourne in Victoria was thought to be under serious threat by the Greens[6]; during that campaign, Tanner described Greens policies as "mad"^[17]. In the end, Tanner held the seat comfortably on primary votes (51.78%, +4.35 swing), and was not even forced to preferences[7]. Lindsay Tanner Lindsay James Tanner (born 24 April 1956), Australian politician, has been a Labor member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1993, representing the Division of Melbourne, Victoria. ... Melbourne is an Australian Electoral Division of Victoria. ... Motto: Peace and Prosperity Other Australian states and territories Capital Melbourne Governor HE Mr John Landy Premier Steve Bracks (ALP) Area 237,629 km² (6th)  - Land 227,416 km²  - Water 10,213 km² (4. ...

The 2006 Victorian state election saw increased bitterness between Labor and the Greens. Labor direct-mailed a letter from Peter Garrett to voters in its threatened inner-Melbourne seats claiming that the Greens were preferencing the Liberal Party, in spite of Greens preferences being either for Labor or being open. The effectiveness of this tactic was confirmed when on 22 March 2007, The Age's Paul Austin wrote "Labor's campaign manager, state secretary Stephen Newnham, reckons he knows why the Greens' support fell away in the last days of the campaign. He has told cabinet and caucus members it was because of Labor's loud assertions that the Greens had done a secret preferences deal with the Liberals." Peter Garrett campaigning in Melbourne for the 9 October 2004 Australian election Peter Garrett AM MP (born 16 April 1953), is an Australian musician and politician. ...

In April 2007, The Age reported ^[18] that the Victorian Greens had published a poem titled The Battle of Jeff's Shed written by Mike Puleston describing ALP officials and volunteers who scrutinised vote counting after the November state election as "the Labor Panzers and their hardened SS troops - SS stood for Sturm Scrutineers". The poem described the final vote count at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre, which finished about 4am on December 14 and resulted in the election of three Greens MLCs. Labor had placed the DLP higher on their upper house preference ticket than the Greens. The Democratic Labor Party (DLP) is a minor political party in Australia that espouses social conservatism. ...

The article states Federal Labor MP Michael Danby has written to the Greens co-convenor Sean Hardy on behalf of the state ALP demanding a written apology. Mr Danby told the paper that the newsletter "was trying to convince Greens that Labor was evil". Michael Danby Michael David Danby (born 16 February 1955), Australian politician, has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since October 1998, representing the Division of Melbourne Ports, Victoria. ...

Conservative groups and parties

Relations between the Greens and conservative parties are almost uniformly poor. During the 2004 federal election the Australian Greens were branded as environmental extremists and even fascists by members of the Liberal-National Coalition Government.^[19] Christian Democratic leader Fred Nile^[20] and John Anderson^[21] (former leader of the National Party of Australia) described the Greens as 'watermelons', being "green on the outside and red on the inside". John Howard, Australian Prime Minister and leader of the Liberal Party, stated that "The Greens are not just about the environment. They have a whole lot of other very, very kooky policies in relation to things like drugs and all of that sort of stuff". ^[22] Legislative elections were held in Australia on 9 October 2004. ... Fascism (in Italian, fascismo), capitalized, was the authoritarian political movement which ruled Italy from 1922 to 1943 under the leadership of Benito Mussolini. ... The Christian Democratic Party (CDP) is a minor political party in Australia. ... Frederick John Nile (born 15 September 1934), Australian politician and clergyman, is a member of the Legislative Council of New South Wales, Australia. ... Hon John Anderson John Duncan Anderson (born 14 November 1956) is an Australian politician. ... The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party. ... John Winston Howard (born 26 July 1939) is an Australian politician and the 25th Prime Minister of Australia. ... This article concerns the modern Australian political party. ...

Federal Conservation Minister Eric Abetz has criticised Australian Greens Senators Bob Brown and Kerry Nettle for spending most of their time on non-environmental issues^[23] . Hon Eric Abetz Eric Abetz (born 25 January 1958 in Stuttgart, Federal Republic of Germany), has been a Liberal Party member of the Australian Senate since February 1994, representing the state of Tasmania. ...

In a similar vein to the Family First television advertisements in 2004, Country Alliance also ran television advertisements ^[24]in the lead up to the 2006 Victorian state election claiming that the Greens policies were "extreme". The Family First Party is a political party in Australia. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Green-Democrat rivalry

The Australian Greens have some political common ground with the Australian Democrats, particularly on environmental issues. For example the Atmosphere Protection Bill was introduced by Mike Elliott which was the first climate change legislation to be introduced in Australia, and probably the world, was introduced by the Australian Democrats into South Australia. However the Democrats and Greens often differ on economic issues (such as the goods and services tax which was enacted by the Liberal Government with Democrat support), and on the Democrats' willingness to co-operate with the government of the day. Suggestions of a merger between the two parties have been made on several occasions since the early 1990s, but none have received significant joint support. The Australian Democrats is an Australian political party which was formed in 1977 through a merger of the Australia Party and the Liberal Movement after principals of those minor parties secured the commitment of former Liberal minister Don Chipp as a high-profile leader[1]. The new party was based... The GST (Goods and Services Tax) is a value added tax of 10% on most goods and services sold in Australia. ...

The Democrats have long seen and positioned themselves as charting a course between the two major parties in Australian politics, and thus 'keeping the bastards honest', whereas the Greens are less willing to compromise on issues of policy. Rather than being a balance between the two larger parties, the long term objective is to elect members into the lower house and indeed, one day, to form government. This difference, and the fact that the Greens and Democrats appear to compete for votes from people looking for an alternative to the Liberal and Labor parties, has led to perceived rivalry between the two parties.

In this context, the decline of the Democrat's vote is regarded by some as a contributing factor to the increased vote (both primary and preferred) for the Greens. However, the decline in Democrat's vote has been greater than increases in Greens votes, which indicates that much of the Democrats' former vote has gone to the major parties. The party's original support base was disaffected middle-class traditional Liberal voters from the centre-right Liberal Party's socially liberal wing.

State and territory politics

The various Australian states and territories have different electoral systems, some of which allow the Greens to gain representation. In New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia and South Australia, the Greens hold seats in the Legislative Councils (upper houses), which are elected by proportional representation. The Greens also have a seat in the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly. In Queensland and the Northern Territory, the single-member electoral system has not allowed the Greens to gain representation. The states and territories of Australia make up the Commonwealth of Australia under a federal system of government. ... Proportional representation (sometimes referred to as full representation, or PR), is a category of electoral formula aiming at a close match between the percentage of votes that groups of candidates (grouped by a certain measure) obtain in elections and the percentage of seats they receive (usually in legislative assemblies). ... The ACT Legislative Assembly building, as seen from the front The Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly (or, more formally and fully, the Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory) is the unicameral legislature of the Australian Capital Territory. ... Slogan or Nickname: The Territory, The NT, The Top End Motto(s): none Other Australian states and territories Capital Darwin Government Constitutional monarchy Administrator Ted Egan Chief Minister Clare Martin (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 2  - Senate seats 2 Gross Territorial Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $10,418 (8th)  - Product...

The Greens' most important area of state political activity has been in Tasmania, which is the only state where the lower house of the state parliament is elected by proportional representation. In Tasmania the Greens have been represented in the House of Assembly since 1986. At the 1989 state election, the Liberal Party won 17 seats to Labor's 13 and the Greens' 5. The Greens agreed to support a minority Labor government in exchange for various policy commitments. In 1992 the agreement broke down over the issue of employment in the forestry industry, and the premier, Michael Field, called an early state election which the Liberals won. Later, Labor and the Liberals combined to reduce the size of the Assembly from 35 to 25, thus raising the quota for election. At the 1998 election the Greens won only one seat, despite their vote only falling slightly, mainly due to the new electoral system. They recovered in the 2002 election when they won four seats. All four seats were retained in the 2006 election. The House of Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of Tasmania in Australia. ... Legislative elections for the Tasmanian House of Assembly were held on the 13 May 1989. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... Michael Field may be Michael Field, the pseudonym of Katherine Bradley (1846-1914) and Edith Cooper (1862-1913) Michael Field the Australian politician, Premier of Tasmania Michael Field the Bosco obsessed Jinny engineer from Longford This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share... Legislative elections for the Tasmanian House of Assembly were held on Saturday August 29, 1998. ... Legislative elections for the Tasmanian House of Assembly were held on Saturday July 20, 2002. ... Legislative elections for the House of Assembly were held in the Australian state of Tasmania on 18 March 2006. ...

Federal parliamentarians

• Senator Jo Vallentine, Greens WA (1990-1992) (originally elected in 1984 as Nuclear Disarmament Party)
• Senator Christabel Chamarette, Greens WA (1992-1996)
• Senator Dee Margetts, Greens WA (1993-1999) (defeated in 1998 election)
• Senator Bob Brown (1996-Present)
• Senator Kerry Nettle (2002-Present) (elected in 2001 election)
• Michael Organ MHR (2002-2004)
• Senator Christine Milne (2005-Present) (elected in 2004 election)
• Senator Rachel Siewert (2005-Present) (elected in 2004 election)

Senators Vallentine, Chamarette and Margetts were all elected as Greens (WA) senators and served their terms before the Greens WA affiliated to the Australian Greens, meaning that they were not considered to be Australian Greens senators at the time. Josephine Vallentine (b. ... Legislative elections were held in Australia on December 1, 1984. ... The Nuclear Disarmament Party (NDP) is a political party in Australia. ... Christabel Marguerite Alain Chamarette (b. ... Diane (Dee) Elizabeth Margetts (b. ... For other uses, see Bob Brown (disambiguation). ... Kerry Nettle Kerry Michelle Nettle (born 24 December 1973) is an Australian Senator. ... Michael Organ Michael Organ (born 22 September 1956) is an Australian politician. ... Christine Milne Christine Anne Milne (b. ... Senator Rachel Siewert is an Australian politician from the Australian Greens. ... The Greens Western Australia is the state branch of the Australian Greens in Western Australia. ...

Other notable members

• Peter Singer
• Andrew Wilkie
• Kerrie Tucker
• Drew Hutton

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See also

• List of Australian Greens parliamentarians by length of term

State Greens parties This is a list of Australian Greens Members of Parliament, past and present, for Federal, State and Territory Parliaments of Australia. ...

• ACT Greens
• Greens New South Wales
• Northern Territory Greens
• Queensland Greens
• Greens South Australia
• Tasmanian Greens
• Australian Greens Victoria
• Greens Western Australia

ACT Greens is a Green Party located in the Australian Capital Territory, a member of the federation of the Australian Greens party. ... The Greens New South Wales is the state Greens party in New South Wales. ... Northern Territory Greens is a Green Party located in the Northern Territory, a member of the federation of the Australian Greens party. ... Queensland Greens is a Green Party located in Queensland, a member of the federation of the Australian Greens party. ... Greens South Australia is a Green Party located in South Australia, a member of the federation of the Australian Greens party. ... The Tasmanian Greens are a political party who developed from numerous environmental campaigns in Tasmania including the flooding of Lake Pedder and the building of the Franklin Dam. ... Australian Greens Victoria, also called the Victorian Greens, is a Green Party located in Victoria, a member of the federation of the Australian Greens party. ... The Greens Western Australia is the state branch of the Australian Greens in Western Australia. ...

References

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External links

Official

• Australian Greens official website
  • ACT Greens
  • NSW Greens
  • South Australian Greens
  • Tasmanian Greens
  • NT Greens
  • Victorian Greens
  • West Australian Greens
  • Queensland Greens
• Senator Bob Brown's site
• Senator Kerry Nettle's site
• Senator Christine Milne's site
• Senator Rachel Siewert's site

Other

• Liberal Party comment on Green's policies: 2004 Election campaign interview with John Howard (see pp5 &6)
• Democrats' views of the Greens: National Press Club speech by Senator Bartlett 28 September 2004
• Press Council adjudication of Bob Brown's complaint against the Herald Sun
• Greens media release about the complaint
• Greens article about the failed appeal by the Herald Sun
• Margo Kingston's Webdiary entry "Who’s afraid of The Greens?"
• Green Bloggers

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