I’ve been genuinely incredibly impressed by the Greens approach to housing in particular, this Parliament.
I thought they were doing the right thing by opposing Labor’s first draft housing bill, but then I thought they should accept the first time Labor compromised. It wasn’t worth the bad press the Greens would get if they stopped it entirely, and Labor’s first compromise position was an ok one, if not brilliant.
But then the Greens didn’t fold, they held out, and Labor compromised even more, and we got a much better policy by the time the Greens did agree to support their bill. Huge kudos to them.
Agreed, there is always a lot of pressure from both the major parties and the media whenever The Greens hold up unsubstantial social or environmental policy, but these are core issues for them so it makes complete sense. This is exactly why they were elected and the idea that their voters would be sitting around complaining about it is laughable. Labor’s attempts at spin around this issue were so pathetic.
I’ve been genuinely incredibly impressed by the Greens approach to housing in particular, this Parliament.
I thought they were doing the right thing by opposing Labor’s first draft housing bill, but then I thought they should accept the first time Labor compromised. It wasn’t worth the bad press the Greens would get if they stopped it entirely, and Labor’s first compromise position was an ok one, if not brilliant.
But then the Greens didn’t fold, they held out, and Labor compromised even more, and we got a much better policy by the time the Greens did agree to support their bill. Huge kudos to them.
Agreed, there is always a lot of pressure from both the major parties and the media whenever The Greens hold up unsubstantial social or environmental policy, but these are core issues for them so it makes complete sense. This is exactly why they were elected and the idea that their voters would be sitting around complaining about it is laughable. Labor’s attempts at spin around this issue were so pathetic.