That was the headline, but this is the telling section of that report:

'This was also a timely reminder of the separation of McKim's campaign from the federal Greens' ''old'' icons, Brown and Christine Milne. They did not appear in advertising and were even absent from the campaign launch, which was held on a Senate sitting day. Instead, the campaign largely focused on McKim and his soothing words: ''accountability'', ''stability'', and ''working constructively'' and ''transparently''.'

How the Greens can dump Bob Brown and the cartoon gargoyles he has a bookends at national level is what should be asked. They are just rolling their arms over bowling up the usual whales and Sea Shepherd stuff. What about the ever-slack senators doing some of the hard yards on (over)population and sustainability? After all, they have the Senate seats, the research staff and the wherewithal to do it. Bob Brown will always be a liability in Queensland.

Poor old Cornflower - so blinded by her mindless hatred of the Greens that she missed this story from last week:

<< Opposition backs call for population inquiry
Posted Mon Mar 15, 2010 1:31am AEDT

The Federal Opposition is supporting a call by the Greens for an independent national inquiry into Australia's population target. >>

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/15/2845475.htm

C J Morgan my starting this thread was a question I still think had Merritt.
Yes my view is clear and unchanged.
But I did not wish to taunt you, I have great respect for you and the greens as they once appeared to be.
Not now, holding the balance of power in Tassy is a test for them, and the shell of an ALP that handed them that control.
I firmly think still the increasingly radical directions that have set out on will bring them down.
ALP refugees, CJM that is much more than likely to include me come the NSW election, are using them to remind a blind and deaf state party machine times 3 maybe 4 we are the rank and file not the rank and vile.
Yet at a state level I would enjoy them having the balance in My state and the insulting remnants of my ALP shrinking to the level they worked so poorly to deserve.
Horrible thought, that fella whats his name is elected to lead 12 months before the election and even I know he is of little use.

C J

CeeJ on the back foot always lets fly with the nasturtiums. Good one CeeJ.

It was your link but you must not have read it or else you would have seen the comment I quoted above. Here it is again because you do have a habit of pretending not noticing facts that challenge your views:

"'This was also a timely reminder of the separation of McKim's campaign from the federal Greens' ''old'' icons, Brown and Christine Milne. They did not appear in advertising and were even absent from the campaign launch, which was held on a Senate sitting day. Instead, the campaign largely focused on McKim and his soothing words: ''accountability'', ''stability'', and ''working constructively'' and ''transparently''.'

That is no comfort for the Greens and especially Bob Brown, but full marks to McKim for realising what a dead weight Emperor Bob and his book-end gargoyles really are when their is work to be done and credibility is at stake.

Then you post as 'proof' of the Greens' interest in sustainability (heh, heh) yet another grandstanding call for an inquiry by the Greens and in collusion with the opposition this time. That is their 'solution', an expensive time-wasting inquiry that would only serve as an election stunt? That is what Bob does best isn't it, make calls for inquiries? Sure beats pulling out the little stub of pencil and fleshing out some practical policies.

For years the Greens have been spruiking themselves as the party concerned about the environment and 'sustainability', but they still have no practical suggestions or solutions. When it comes down to it, the Greens are all care and no responsibility as per usual and Emperor Bob Brown still has no clothes. McKim was awake to that.

Oh come on, Corny. On the back foot?

You asked a question

<< What about the ever-slack senators doing some of the hard yards on (over)population and sustainability? >>

that I answered ever so easily.

You know nothing about the Greens' political strategies. Trust me, old dear - it's all going swimmingly. Every election at every level sees an increase in Green votes and representation.

Which is of course what scares the bejesus out of reactionary old farts (and I'm not talking about you, Belly!)

As for the nasturtiums, it was you talking about gargoyles and such, wasn't it?

C J

Making it personal doesn't alter the fact that the Greens have had years to come up with some practical solutions for sustainability but they have delivered zilch.

The Greens want an inquiry on population, is that the best you can offer?

There are five Greens senators in the federal parliament:
* Senator Bob Brown
* Senator Christine Milne
* Senator Rachel Siewert
* Senator Scott Ludlam
* Senator Sarah Hanson-Young.
Yet despite all of that wasted remuneration, travel, cars and other benefits and the passage of years, all the Greens can do is call for an 'inquiry' on population!

What private company would put up with five of its most senior staff, with all of the research and support resources that are available to these representatives, yet they cannot do any better than ask someone else to do a review to tell them what their policies should be for one of the flagship businesses they claim to be in, viz., sustainability!

What a lurk it is to be a Greens senator and the joke is definitely on the taxpayer!

All pink and the green, well the 'green' is useful for the pretension of green militancy to get some votes, but that is all.

No wonder McKim gave Bob Brown and his cartoon gargoyles in federal parliament the heave ho, they are absolutely useless and a dead weight.