Greens leader Adam Bandt, released a $173bn balance-of-power wishlist at the party’s campaign launch on Monday night, outlining seven key concessions it wants from Labor in the event of a minority government.
The Labor leader, Anthony Albanese, has ruled out doing any deals with the Greens to form government, while Bandt has said the party will not support the Liberals under any circumstance.
But the Greens are preparing their list of key demands for Labor in the event that it falls short of the 76 seats it needs to form majority government, with the party confident of winning at least one seat in Queensland to give it two lower house MPs.
The party’s seven key demands are: no new coal and gas; dental and mental health into Medicare; building 1m affordable homes and better renters’ rights; free childcare; wiping student debt; lifting income support; and progress on all elements of the Uluru statement from the heart.
More details: “Adam Bandt outlines seven demands for Labor in Greens’ balance-of-power wishlist”, Sarah Martin, The Guardian.