Lies in ALP flyer

[Chris Clarke]

You may be interested in this Grrens response to an ALP flyer that is very misleading at best - but predictable at this stage in an election campaign.

Cheers,

Chris Clarke

 The ALP has mailed a bright green flier to voters yesterday which has the potential to confuse many people. So it's really important that all of our members and supporters are able to understand and communicate our simple response to the ludicrous claims it makes.

 Here are the two simple things you need to know:

 ·         The Greens are not preferencing the Liberals ahead of Labor in any seats in Victoria. In some seats we are running open tickets and leaving it to voters to decide how to number their ballots, which is consistent with what we have always argued, ie. that it is up to all voters everywhere to decide their own preferences. No-one is obliged to follow any party's How to Vote card.

 ·         The statistic about the Greens voting with the Liberals 67% of the time is a deliberate misrepresentation. The most common voting arrangement in the Upper House (which is where our 3 Greens Parliamentarians have been for the last 4 years) is for Government, Greens and Liberals to vote together. Over the past 4 years, all three parties have voted together 88% of the time, and the Greens have voted with the Government 94% of the time. The only way the ALP can get the 67% figure is by excluding the fact that in these cases, the ALP has also voted with the Liberals. Greens have voted with the Libs AGAINST the Government only 1.9% of the time. When Greens have voted against the Government, it has been on issues like freedom of information on the desalination plant or to set up public inquiries.