Dear Is Mise,

Not sure you can teach wit.
Some people have it and some simply don't.

Now if only wit could solve world hunger!

Hi o sung wu,

I think you will find Richard Di Natale, more a small 'e' Green than Christine Milne, but still very resolute on social justice issues. I never saw Milne as anything more than a stop gap leader following the departure of Bob Brown. At the time I favored Adam Bandt for the job, but with hindsight I believe Milne was the right choice, politically very experienced and well respected within the party.
Being the same age as myself, thinking retirement more than career, and given Senate terms are 6 years, Christine has made the right decision. I hate to think any political leader would do like the Rev Fred from the NSW CDP and at the age of 80 seek another 8 year term, he's back and now holding the balance of power in the Upper House, heaven forbid!
Di Natale, has already indicated the need to not only articulate policy, and ensure that policy is voter friendly, but still at the same time maintaining party core principles. Something the major parties have had great difficulty with for a long time, and something that lead to the total demise of the third party Democrats. Feel good, pragmatic, consensus politics is great in the short term, and terrific when times are good and everything is running well, but when the chips are down, the electorate wants leadership and hard decisions from politicians, and if you can't provide that leadership and direction, people can rightly judge you as shallow and insincere, and vote accordingly.
True electoral success is not a one term three year, four year thing, but something a political party has to work for, long term over many years two steps forward, one step back. The Greens in Australia have gone through more than 20 years of informative growth from birth to adolescences, it is make or break time now, time to offer a maturity to the electorate and show that The Greens are a viable realistic alternative to the old established parties, and hopefully Richard Di Natale is one person who can help achieve that end.

It is always interesting how the ABC is always soft where the Greens are concerned.

In her interview of new Greens leader Richard Di Natale, Leigh Sales strangely squandered the opportunity to make the plotters who knifed Greens leader Christine Milne accountable for their actions, and to examine the workings of the factions.

The late double-headed deputy decision should also be scrutinised.

What is the explanation for the ABC always treating the Greens with kid gloves? Is it as simple as an informal editorial policy that favours 'progressive' social policies?

Beach, and another one of his many left wing conspiracy theories. Purched low down in the Australia First Party basement, this white is right, ultra right, right winger, sees all, hears all and knows all. The antithesis of the tree wise monkeys all rolled into one.
Beach, could you please post another one of those hilarious YouTube clips by that crazy Miss Marple character you were so fond of, when you were beating your Fabian drum with all those left wing conspiracies, she might have one on this topic.

If there is no smoke, start a fire.

Christine Milne - the leader of the Australian Greens
stepped down from power. She war replaced by unanimous
agreement within the Greens Party room by
Victorian Senator Richard Di Natale.

There is no good cause to doubt her stated reason -
simply that it was time. Milne clearly believes that
generational change is in order and the party is in good
shape.

The Greens vote continies to hover around a solid base of 11%.
The party has a record number of federal senators and has
advanced in state parliaments in both NSW and Victoria.

The Greens continue to build their base in the inner cities
of Melbourne and Sydney and they are also winning state
seats in places like Norther NSW.

As for Leigh Sales? She has won the Walkley Award for
best interviews for her work on 7.30 quizzing Tony Abbott,
Scott Morrison and Christine Milne, many times.

The prestigious awards held at Parliament House in Canberra
recognise excellence in Australian journalism.

"... the Australia First Party basement, this white is right, ultra right, right winger, sees all, hears all and knows all. The antithesis of the tree wise monkeys all rolled into one.

Is 'tree wise monkeys' what we are calling the Greens these days Paul?