I was aghast at this, first believing that it was malicious political gossip that Australian Senators, Christine Milne and Lee Rhiannon would lend their support to it. But sadly, the news reports confirm what Milne and Rhiannon did.

Just forgetting the political parties, it is unimaginable that a member of the Australian Senate or the House of Representatives would do this. Have they no inkling of the ethics and principles that should apply to their very senior representative positions? Have they no shame for what they did? It is serious stuff.

<Greens leader Christine Milne has endorsed a controversial hoax by an anti-coal activist, saying his actions were ‘‘part of a long and proud history of civil disobedience, potentially breaking the law, to highlight something wrong’’.

Senator Milne’s comments came after a tweet by her colleague Lee Rhiannon, who publicly congratulated Jonathan Moylan, an activist who is the subject of an ASIC inquiry.

Mr Moylan sparked a sudden sell-off in Whitehaven shares on Monday when he released what appeared to be a press release from ANZ Bank.>

Read more: http://www.watoday.com.au/opinion/political-news/milne-endorses-whitehaven-hoax-20130108-2cerk.html#ixzz2HRPxcnCX

It was very foolish of Milne & Rhiannon to publically come out and
advocate such behaviour. They could in fact be leaving themselves open
to prosecution for advocating a criminal act.
There might be something in their wording to get them off the hook but
not saying it in parliament leaves them in the same position as you & I.
I just think they do not understand what they have said. I have always
thought they were rather silly women, oh, the mysogeny, as was shown
when I attended a meeting at NSW Parliament House where Rhiannon was present.
She raved on about something in which she was completely out of her depth.

What Milne has to say from 6 min 55 sec onwards in the video at http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-01-09/greens-back-anti-coal-activist-after-media-hoax/4458272 tells us what an extremist Milne is.

She supports Jonathan Moylan standing up for his belief by his illegal actions. Imagine if we all did that.

The Greens should'n't be involved in running a chook raffle let alone a country.

Although I am a Green I also was appalled at their support for a damaging lie. The fact that the actions of members of other political parties are not always above reproach does not excuse it.

Careful there Chrissy, the ratbagery is showing through. Most of us knew it was there, but that, like Brown, you could keep it hidden.

At least Brown waited until he was retiring before he started openly talking to the little green men. Now we have to wonder if these fool women are actually little green men, in heavy disguise.

How can anyone have the gall to remain in the Senate after that? What does it take for an Australian politician to resign? These are Senators who boast that they keep other politicians honest.