Greens losing ground

Good news from Victoria. It’s not just that the Coalition have won but that the Greens didn’t win any seats. That is a positive for the whole country. Adam Bandt, the sole federal Greens federal member tries to make a positive out of two negatives as he says;

[….] that a challenge for the future was to start winning seats outright rather than relying on preferences. “We’re now in a position, even with Liberals preferencing against us, to mount that challenge at the next election.”

Bandt, you are only in parliament because of Liberal preferences. What do you think your chances are that the Federal Libs will do the same next time? None, according to this article;

THE Greens will find it more difficult to win lower-house seats in state or federal parliaments at future elections. Senior Liberals have vowed to use the Victorian template of putting the party last as a national strategy to cruel its chances of growing into a genuine third force

See? That’s the real good news.