The deal shows the Greens leader has pulled his party towards a more practical orientation, with an emphasis on getting things done.
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Australia’s new climate deal contains wins for the Greens – but the negotiations were bruising
In this podcast, Michelle Grattan and Greens leader Adam Bandt discuss climate change, the cost of living crisis and the Voice.
Like the Liberals, the Greens have a base that is split between hardliners and moderates. At the radical end, their activists don’t want compromise on core issues; its mainstream voters want outcomes.
The senator’s move to the cross-bench means Labor now needs the support of more cross-benchers, as well as the Greens, to get legislation passed.
Her departure, while a blow for the Greens, is not all bad news for them
Despite a swing away from Labor, the Andrews government has been returned comfortably for a third term.
Much attention will be on whether voters turn away from Labor and the Coalition, and what that means for minor parties such as the Greens, and the ‘teal’ independents.
About a third of Victoria’s land-based plants, animals and ecological communities face extinction. We look at what the political parties have promised ahead of the state election.
Clive Hamilton’s memoir of 40 years in activism is most of all a narrative of ideas in action. He argues for the power of provocation – and against the left, the right and China.
Perhaps not since the marriage equality vote has the passage of a bill in the House of Representatives carried such a combination of substantive and symbolic import as the Albanese government’s climate legislation.
The Greens backed Labor’s moderate emissions cuts to avoid being seen as unwilling to compromise. But it’s only the start of a new wrestle over climate ambition.
The government is now assured it will secure its legislation to enshrine its 43% 2030 emissions reduction target, after Greens leader Adam Bandt pledged his party would support it in both houses.
Age and education levels were the most important demographic variables in the Coalition’s loss of support between the 2019 and 2022 elections, according to an Australian National University analysis
Amid predictions about a “youthquake” before May 21, what role did young voters play in this radical electoral shift?
The new prime minister seems to have the temperament that would favour a collaborative approach. He could usher in a golden era of stable government, with more generous and compassionate politics.
In 2022, the ‘Greenslide’ took seats from major parties. Here’s how they did it.
Yes, Labor has won office with an historically low first preference vote- but focussing on this might be misreading the electoral mood.
It’s projected over one-third of voters chose not to vote for the major parties.
But are the major parties really focusing on the right issues?
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor in Politics, Murdoch University
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Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Australian Studies Institute, Australian National University
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Lecturer in Government, Jeff Bleich Centre for Democracy and Disruptive Technologies, Flinders University
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Lecturer in Politics, School of Social Sciences, Monash University
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Public and Environmental Policy, University of Tasmania
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Professor, Canberra School of Government, University of Canberra
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Deputy Director, Tasmanian Policy Exchange, University of Tasmania
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Adjunct Professor at the National Drug Research Institute (Melbourne based), Curtin University
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Honorary lecturer, School of Social Sciences, UNSW
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Professor, Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Adjunct Associate Professor in the School of the Environment, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Engineering, Australian National University
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Former Visiting Fellow, SPRU, University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex