DLP victory a good result for the Greens
The preference deals were sickening, the result worthy of tears, because the Dirty Little Party has won two seats in the Victorian upper house.
There’s no denying that the Greens were fucked over in the preference deals at the most recent Victorian election. Major parties, particuarly the ALP, have realised what a threat to the two party duopoly the Greens really are, and are preferencing accordingly.
The result demonstrates that the Greens need to win quota in their own right, the days of hoping to get over the line of the back of preferences are over. Every other party would prefer to work with religious and or far right lunatics than face a viable third force in politics.
There is an upside, Labor wont be governing with a majority in both houses. To pass any legislation Labor will require the support of either the Greens, the DLP, the Nationals or the Liberals. This gives the Greens an amazing four year chance to build profile on the back of a strong position in the cross benches. Had the DLP not won two seats, the Greens may well have been relegated to obscurity in the face of a Labor majority.
Details, Poll Bludger.
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Posted: by Kieran December 12th, 2006 under Politics, Victoria, Elections, 2006 Victorian election.
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Comment from Rebecca
Time: December 13, 2006, 2:02 pm
This result may be short-lived - the ALP has apparently called for and got a recount in Northern Metropolitan, where there are oddities en masse. Moreover, there is a comment just in on Poll Bludger which suggests that the Greens are trying to do the same in Western Victoria, which was decided by something like 70 votes.
If this result stands, however, it makes sense that it will benefit the Greens. I’m going to write a post about this myself when the results are confirmed, but in short: if the ALP thinks this incarnation of the DLP won’t vote with the Liberals on almost everything, they’re kidding. The DLP as it stands now are descended from the 1975-era folks that wanted to become the third party in the Coalition, not the 1955-era kinda-Labor people. As such, I think they’re going to be a lot more reliant on the Greens than they would have been without the DLP success.
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