Some important perspective from Victorian Greens Leader Ellen Sandell about the recent federal election result:
https://greenagenda.org.au/2025/05/were-not-done-yet/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social #auspol #vicpol #TheGreens
"The other lesson to be clear about is that lower house seats are incredibly hard to win for minor parties, even at the best of times. In places like Melbourne and Wills, we have to outpoll both major parties combined. That’s always been a huge ask. Remarkably, we’ve done it before, not just in Federal Melbourne but also in state seats like Melbourne, Richmond, Brunswick, and Newtown. But it’s no small task.
"In order to be successful, MPs need to build broad coalitions in their electorates to appeal to 50% of voters across different generations, cultures, and backgrounds. Labor MPs often do this by standing for as little as possible, and some commentators will now tell us that we need to do the same. But Adam [Bandt] showed us a different way. He built those coalitions without compromising our values.
"His team paired smart and genuine grassroots ground work with values-based work in Canberra and the media. Adam stood up for young people and renters, and for our poor and multicultural communities in public housing, while also building trust with older voters who care about the future, the environment and their local neighbourhood. It wasn’t either or.
"Political pundits right now are full of advice about how the Greens should change our ways to appeal to this broad coalition — that we should talk less about Gaza, renters, or coal. Curiously, these are often the same people who used to tell us to talk more about the economy and less about climate change!
"What they don’t understand is something fundamental to who we are as Greens: unlike the major parties we’re not here to win for winning’s sake."
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