SM,
So is Senator Rihannon, they do the old "no platform" trick of ignoring criticism on the floor of parliament, the coalition Pitbull, Arthur Sinidinos can pretty much stand there all day pointing out their well documented, treasonous, criminal behaviour back in the old ACP days and the greens just sit there grinning inanely. The Greens represent no one, I don't know any environmentalists who are still members and even the middle class White women who make up the core of their support are drifting off.

Sorry, CPA, Communist Party of Australia.

I have no idea what you mean about "hard left" or "extreme left" when it comes to the Greens.

I thought they were a bit more narrowly focused on specific issues than having some sort of overall agenda to nationalise all our industries and rise up to overthrow the capitalist system.

Then again, maybe everything that is not official Liberal Party policy is, by default both "left" and "extreme".

Not particually interested in what the greens are up to, but with
Bob gone I think the real radicals will start their engines.
That new one from NSW, Rihan or similar I think her name is.

I went to a meeting on a different matter and she was at the table
and I was not impressed. She is an old time communist and I believe
a real party member, not just a fellow traveler.

I'm always a little astonished at the antagonism shown to people who want to improve the lot of everyone, share things a little more equably, ensure that corporations dont evade their fair tax payments, think the world would be better with less pollution in air, land and sea, think that a fair share of the profits made from ripping valuable minerals out of the land should go to the people who actually own the land, especially as in twenty years most of it will be gone. Why should someone be reviled because they think good farming land and clean artesian water is ultimately of more use than ten years of gas that we'll export, leaving the land poisoned for centuries. And what's so objectionable about wanting to leave the few remaining remnants of the once magnificent forests that used to cover the entire eastern seaboard? Why is is somehow a sin to want to preserve sanctuaries and habitat for the other animals that live on this continent? Why is it evil to say that everyone living on this planet should have a say in where we're going, and that we should all share in the profits?
Is the present political, economic and social structure, in which all natural systems are in such a state of collapse that all life, including that of humans is endangered, so much better than trying to slow down development and stopping this mad scramble for 'growth' so we can consider alternatives?

ybgirp,

Because it is precisely that kind of fiscal irresponsibility that put Greece where it is now, and where now most people are in financial trouble.