Inner-city voters change their colours
The Greens have tightened their grip in inner-city Brisbane by taking out former deputy premier Jackie Trad and recording significant swings in two other seats.
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From ripple effect to shockwaves, look out
It is the leaders of the smallest parties, One Nation’s Pauline Hanson and the Greens’ Adam Bandt, who stand to gain the most and least.
Everyone gets a say with Greens
A large committee of Greens members would be called on to negotiate with Labor if the minor party holds the balance of power after Saturday’s election.
Election now in precarious balance
Newspoll suggests it is curtains for Jackie Trad and perhaps also for a Queensland government she seemed destined to lead.
Power plays hold nation to ransom
Stubborn border closures are shameless opportunism; An abuse of power in which electoral advantage is the key motivation.
Who does Burnside think he’s fooling?
Julian Burnside ran for the Greens against Treasurer Josh Frydenberg, but says he doesn’t vote Labor. Does he know how preferences work?
‘Never known such anger at leaders’
Readers have their say on Daniel Andrews’ epic fail, Adam Bandt’s fishy missives, and trumping Joe Biden.
Bandt’s cause for concern written in pencil
The Greens leader has been so busy virtue preening he’s failed to notice his party sliding towards irrelevance.
Doig ‘paid for daily access to girl victim’
Former Greens candidate Jonathan Doig is accused of receiving 352 images and videos of a 13-year-old Filipino schoolgirl.
Greens’ hypocrisy over COVIDsafe app
Adam Bandt isn’t happy that a US company is storing the data from our COVID-19 app. But he forgot an important detail.
Albanese fails climate credibility test
The Opposition Leader supports the goal of net zero emissions by 2050, but what is his policy pathway to achieve it? Nothing. Naught. Zilch. Zero. Zip.
Left would stop a nuclear debate
Nuclear power is an etablished technology suitable for our needs.
‘Greens will scream about helium’
Your say on the holy grail of clean, green power, western civilisation on campus, and how Holden drove off a cliff.
Power-driven talk on net zero goal
Our emission ambitions are higher than they need to be.
Extremists muddy climate debate
Just as religion fills the human need for comfort, climate activists are promising they can control it by managing emissions.
Greens are off with the fairies
The Greens leadership transition got The Mocker thinking: what would children’s author Enid Blyton make of this week’s events?
Bandt should take care with words
The new Greens leader’s use of inflammatory langauge is extreme.
Leader’s lesson after near-death experience
Barnaby Joyce has been fended off, for now. But Michael McCormack’s survival does not solve the Nationals’ or the Coalition’s woes.
‘No one holds grudge like Kiwis’
Your say on the Kiwi invasion of the MCG, woke folk’s walk on the mild side, and loony Greens burning down the house.
Hanson has damaged her integrity
Many One Nation supporters will be disillusioned by Hanson’s decision on the anti-thug law.
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