Victorian Greens’ internal war over trans member Bianca Haven’s ‘vile’ tweets

A Victorian Greens member has been reprimanded for social media posts defending pedophilia and sympathising with Nazis – but some in the party say the punishment doesn’t go far enough.

An internal war has broken out in the Victorian Greens after the party reprimanded a member but failed to suspend or expel them over social media posts defending pedophilia and sympathising with Nazis.

The backlash relates to a panel review of posts by Bianca Haven, a transgender member who has held senior positions in the party and is understood to be seeking a position on the state council.

The Herald Sun can reveal that last week the party’s misconduct panel found Ms Haven had breached its code of conduct by posting offensive material on its social media.

“Through posts on this ­account, the poster identifies themselves as someone who holds repugnant views (defending pedophilia, sympathetic to Nazi views, defending incest),” the panel’s ‘Notice of Sanction’ says.

There is an internal war within the Victorian Greens. Picture: Getty

“The manner in which these posts interleave the respondent’s offensive content with detailed discussions of Australian Greens Victoria internal matters, in the public domain and over a long period of time, creates a serious risk of bringing the party into disrepute.”

But Ms Haven was only censured, prompting anger from some who had called for suspension or expulsion.

In one disturbing tweet, Ms Haven had written: “Dolls are fun, but what I want is the power to take a knife to the guts and keep f---ing.”

She wrote in response to a comment on the tweet: “You’re cute, lemme know if you needa get stabbed or smooched or anything.”

Weeks after the Herald Sun's initial report, Ms Haven appealed to the Victorian Greens to amend her notice of sanction and was successful.

This updated sanction issued by the party removed the references to Nazis and paedophillia quoted in the original document.

The feud is another flashpoint in an ongoing battle in the Greens over its handling of transgender policies. The issue has re-emerged amid Ms Haven’s push for a senior role in the party and after a protest on the steps of Victorian parliament was hijacked by right-wing extremists.

Protesters on the steps of Victorian parliament over UK far right activist Kellie-Jay Keen. Picture: David Crosling

Nina Vallins, a former member of the Greens who was on the state executive, criticised the decision not to punish Ms Haven further.

Ms Vallins quit the party after she was suspended for six months for allegedly bringing the party into disrepute and vilifying members over her views on transgender policy.

“(Federal Greens leader) Adam Bandt today tweeted a series of tweets in which he said the feminists that gathered in parliament Saturday were allies of neo-Nazis,” she said.

“We are not allies of neo-Nazis but the Greens are sheltering a Nazi sympathiser in their party. The Greens suspended my membership for six months for saying women deserve women’s only spaces. It would be hypocritical to do anything other than expel someone who promotes vile views.”

The Greens and Ms Haven were invited to comment.