(quote)and the major parties don't like it but the Greens have jumped in early as well.
"Pauline Hanson's brand of poisonous and divisive politics has no place in NSW in 2011," (from a statement on the Green's web site).(/quote)
Well, Pauline didn't make it and neither did the Greens.
Seems that their version of poisonous and divisive politics are out of favour with the voters as well.
The pundits are saying that the Shooters' and Fishers' Party and the Rev Fred will hold the balance of power in the Legislative Council in NSW.

Funny really.

IM,
Yes, a huge result for the Shoot Em' Up Party running at 3.67% of the primary vote in the LC, with preferences you'll get 1 up, keeping you at 2 . Please don't put the Rev Fred's CDP in with your mob, they do not support the gun lobby. You will notice no where on here am I critical of Fred's party, As a Green I don't agree with a lot of their policies but by and large they are not that bad, I wont loose any sleep if they hold the balance of power, preferable to the Libs having 'carte blanche'. The redneck vote for Hanson is running at 1.85%, Pauline back to the Fish n' Chip shop where you belong. As for the Greens I'm not over the Moon with our result 10.97% of the vote in the LC a swing of only +1.87%, but that will give us 3 up a gain of 1 to 5 members, would have liked to have gained 2.
My take on Saturdays result is, conservative Labor voters, and there are lots of em', I meet them every campaign, wanted to punish Labor for their sins, and they did just that by putting their vote into the conservative Liberal camp about 17% of voters.

Hanson's gone, predictably. She won't be seen again until she crawls out from under her rock for another 5 minutes in the limelight.

The vote for the Greens continues to increase steadily, however. It will be higher again after a few years of O'Farrell's Neocons.

By the end of this term I predict that the Greens wiil be gasping in both State and Federal politics, particularly after Lee Rhiannon gets her claws into Bob Brown.

However that doesn't mean that the thinkers in Australia won't be attacking the Greens at every opportunity and if they keep putting up un-thought out policies then that won't be hard.

Fred Nile has consistently sided with the Shooters when it mattered.
Particularly when the issue was the safety of his fellow citizens, that's usually when he was at odds with the Greens.

By the end of this term I predict that the Greens wiil be gasping in both State and Federal politics, particularly after Lee Rhiannon gets her claws into Bob Brown.

IM Your so called prediction is nothing more than wishful thinking on your part. When the time comes for Bob Brown to step aside Lee Rhiannon may be a candidate for the leadership of The Australian Greens and no better person could one find.
What I find interesting is going on to the S and F web site and reading the credentials of their front-men (they must be a macho mob as they have no women). None of them have made any real contribution to public life, unlike the great contributions that Bob and Lee have made.

There are those that like to attack The Greens over policy and we do have policy, very detailed policy on everything that Australians are concerned with, health, education, transport etc etc and etc . We are very much up front with our policies like em' or hate em' you know where we stand. However when you check the likes of the S and F Party for policy other than waffle about guns and a few vagaries like:
"S&F asserts that Senators elected to the (Federal) Senate must at all times act to protect the interests of the State in which they were elected." Now that's what I call policy! Please tell what is the penalty for those (Senators)that in your view don't comply? Are they to be taken out at dawn and shot!
The above rubbish is of far greater concern to the average person than health, education, transport etc etc and etc.