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"The Australian Greens party is on course to win the balance of power in
the Senate at elections within months and will seek to push environmental
policies to the fore of the next government's agenda. The Labor government
is expected to snare a narrow victory at the election, possibly in late
August, but regardless of who wins the poll, the next government will
likely rely on the Greens to pass legislation on the economy to the
environment. Greens leader Senator Bob Brown has flagged he will be
expecting green policies in exchange for his party's support. "It's all
very strong for us," Mr Brown told Reuters in an interview. "It is very
likely we are going to be the balance of power in the Senate after the
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Greens Leader Bob Brown says he suspects the Prime Minister's new climate
change policy will fail to properly address the issue. Julia Gillard has
indicated she will revise Labor's policy before the election. Senator
Brown has called on her to adopt his party's proposal for an interim
carbon tax, but he doubts Ms Gillard's policy will go that far. "It will
be beautifully and somewhat deceptively presented as being the answer to
climate change," he said. "Showing that she's the answer on climate
change, let me say this: This is not green Julia this is coal-led [sic]
Julia. She will have this fashioned for the coal industry."
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An open-cut coal mind in Qld's south east is not a fair exchange for rich
farming land, Greens leader Bob Brown has told Darling Down residents....
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Greens Leader Bob Brown says he will use the balance of power in the
Senate to block a proposed mining development at Felton on Queensland's
Southern Downs. Senator Brown visited Felton, south-west of Toowoomba,
yesterday to speak at a rally protesting against plans by Ambre Energy to
build an open cut coal mine. A good showing by the Greens at the next
federal election could hand them the balance of power in the Upper House.
Senator Brown says he will fight to ensure Felton continues to be a prime
food producing area. "The Greens are not about blocking, we're about
getting better outcomes with one exception," he said. "If I had the power,
I would block that coal mine because it has no right to overrun the
livelihoods and the community that's been here for so long in this
valley."
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BOB BROWN, GREENS LEADER: Well, I think the one thing we won't see her do
is moving to establish a proper carbon price which is what business wants,
which is what climate change demands if we're going to fix it....
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The Greens, too, are a credible threat in the inner city, where young,
left-leaning, tertiary-educated voters appear to be increasingly
disillusioned by the major parties. While recent history suggests the
Green vote tends to rise significantly before elections - only to fall
away in the final weeks of the campaign as the major parties ramp up their
advertising - there is little doubt that state seats such as Melbourne
(held by Education Minister Bronwyn Pike by only 2 per cent); Richmond
(held by Housing Minister Richard Wynne by 3.65 per cent), and Brunswick
(held by 3.64 per cent) are at risk of falling to the Greens....
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