The Greens could hold as many as 12 Senate seats and have five lower house MPs in the new parliament following a record result at the federal election.
The federal election campaign took on a family flavour for Mother's Day, but such niceties are likely to be ditched when the prime minister and Labor leader lock horns in their second leaders' debate.
The Greens plan to reform cannabis laws and demand a ban on offshore gas drilling in Bass Strait if they secure the balance of power at the federal election.
Senator Zed Seselja, Liberal Senator for the ACT, argues the failings of the ACT Government demonstrates the type of government one could expect from a Federal Labor-Greens alliance.
If R. Jones and T. Gordon (CW letters 16 December 2012) think that Bill Stefaniak’s column should not be published in the Canberra Daily, this reader suggests they both go back to their left-leaning, Labor/Greens-loving media echo chambers.
