What you said about the Greens in the 2025 federal election

The Greens: Ultimate disrupters, do-gooders or the future of Australian politics? HAVE YOUR SAY

The Greens: Ultimate disrupters, do-gooders or the future of Australian politics?

The debate around the party which could soon hold sway in a minority government continues to swirl after economists issued a fresh warning.

The Greens’ fantasy to raise billions of dollars by taxing billionaires and mining companies to pay for its huge spending agenda will drive away investment, cost Australian jobs and ultimately fail to raise the revenue it claims, experts insist.

Adam Bandt’s list of demands for negotiating a minority government should Labor fall short of winning 76 seats this federal election cost more than $110bn, according to analysis produced for the party by the Parliamentary Budget Office, an eye-watering figure that could force Anthony Albanese to find more money in an already debt-laden budget in order to secure their support.

The Prime Minister has declared he will do “no deals” to form government, but in reality he would have to negotiate with the crossbench in some form if Labor does not win enough seats to govern in their own right, which is a result currently predicted by the majority of published poll.

Adam Bandt’s list of demands for negotiating a minority government should Labor fall short of winning 76 seats this federal election cost more than $110bn, according to analysis produced for the party by the Parliamentary Budget Office. Picture: John Gass

Despite Mr Albanese’s insistence he can avoid this outcome, Mr Bandt has outlined a suite of expensive policy asks he would be putting forward as contingent on his party’s support, along with a controversial plan on how to pay for them.

News of the Greens’ demands – as well as the warning from economists – sparked furious debate among readers.

Many claimed the party lives in a fantasy land and should not be elected.

Others, though, said we must pay attention given their looming bargaining chips.

While others suggested it’s time we move on from voting for the Greens all together.

See what you had to say below and join the conversation >>>

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, pictured on the campaign trail in Perth, has declared he will do “no deals” to form government. Picture: Jason Edwards/NewsWire

WHAT YOU SAID

Sick of the Greens

Robyn

Greens are socialist, we live in a democracy, they like the life in a democracy but don’t want to embrace it. Go live in China Greens.

Joseph

The quicker people wake up and ignore anything that comes out of the Greens the better off as a Country we will be, they are an irrelevant party

Hoppy

Sadly many people think the Greens are an environmental party when realistically they are idealistic hypocrites more interested in social engineering and anarchy

Damien

The Greens don’t understand business, they don’t understand human nature, they don’t understand economics, they don’t understand reality and they don’t do consequences.

Can’t vote Greens

Lesley

The Greens are so naive about the real world. Still in kindergarten using crayons. Grown-ups use ballpoint pens.

Ruff Rider

Show me just one country where Socialism works – just one.

Adam Bandt is in dire need of an intervention.

Will

Not sure why people fall for the garbage the Greens put out there, after all they are a bunch of activists, nothing more and, should be deregistered as fake people.

Bruce

Who in there right mind would vote for these unfunny clowns hello people wake up

Greens will hold power

Dave

What a nightmare if Labor and their Green Comrades become the next Federal Govt. They will bring in millions more Palestinians and greater division into Australia.

Peter

A vote for Labor is a vote for the greens!

Victoria

The tax could work on resources companies – can’t take mines away in a suitcase. If mines are abandoned, simply resume them.

Stephen

We are entering the danger zone. If a minority ALP government shakes hands with the Greens the Greens with their zealot madness will place Australia in sovereign risk of financially imploding.

Economists have warned the Greens’ plan to tax billionaires and mining companies more to pay for its spending agenda could cost Aussies jobs. Picture: John Gass

Originally published as What you said about the Greens in the 2025 federal election