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| Greens to fight PNG policy in Adam Bandt's Melbourne seat | Greens to fight PNG policy in Adam Bandt's Melbourne seat |
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| The Greens will launch a major push in Melbourne this weekend targeting Labor’s hardline asylum policy, in an effort to bolster the local campaign of the party’s deputy leader, Adam Bandt. | The Greens will launch a major push in Melbourne this weekend targeting Labor’s hardline asylum policy, in an effort to bolster the local campaign of the party’s deputy leader, Adam Bandt. |
| The party has marshalled 150 activists for door-knocking and plans a significant phone banking exercise to talk to voters about Labor’s policy shift. | The party has marshalled 150 activists for door-knocking and plans a significant phone banking exercise to talk to voters about Labor’s policy shift. |
| Labor’s punitive deterrence policy is a message pitched nationally in the looming campaign, and pitched at conservative Labor voters who have defected to the Liberal party. But the policy shift will cause Labor candidates headaches in progressive seats where the Greens are running candidates – such as the electorate of Melbourne. | Labor’s punitive deterrence policy is a message pitched nationally in the looming campaign, and pitched at conservative Labor voters who have defected to the Liberal party. But the policy shift will cause Labor candidates headaches in progressive seats where the Greens are running candidates – such as the electorate of Melbourne. |
| The contest between progressive political candidates in Melbourne will be one of the fiercest battles of the 2013 campaign. Bandt won the seat of Melbourne in 2010 with the help of Liberal party preferences, and the MP has an extensive campaign apparatus. | The contest between progressive political candidates in Melbourne will be one of the fiercest battles of the 2013 campaign. Bandt won the seat of Melbourne in 2010 with the help of Liberal party preferences, and the MP has an extensive campaign apparatus. |
| The Greens, who strongly oppose Labor’s new asylum policy, are throwing resources at the campaign for Melbourne in an effort to boost Bandt’s primary vote. The expectation is the Liberals will preference the Labor candidate ahead of Bandt this time, making it harder for Bandt to hold the seat. | The Greens, who strongly oppose Labor’s new asylum policy, are throwing resources at the campaign for Melbourne in an effort to boost Bandt’s primary vote. The expectation is the Liberals will preference the Labor candidate ahead of Bandt this time, making it harder for Bandt to hold the seat. |
| Bandt’s Labor opponent, Cath Bowtell, has already distanced herself from the PNG policy. | Bandt’s Labor opponent, Cath Bowtell, has already distanced herself from the PNG policy. |
| The Greens deputy leader says the backlash against the so-called PNG solution among progressive voters in Melbourne has been significant. | The Greens deputy leader says the backlash against the so-called PNG solution among progressive voters in Melbourne has been significant. |
| “People I have talked to over the last week, and the messages they have sent to my office, are very clear. People in Melbourne are disappointed and gutted by Kevin Rudd’s hardline refugee policy,” Bandt told Guardian Australia. “When Tony Abbott supports the thrust of Labor refugee policy, you know we’re in trouble.” | “People I have talked to over the last week, and the messages they have sent to my office, are very clear. People in Melbourne are disappointed and gutted by Kevin Rudd’s hardline refugee policy,” Bandt told Guardian Australia. “When Tony Abbott supports the thrust of Labor refugee policy, you know we’re in trouble.” |
| “We are going to deliver a clear message to the people of Melbourne this weekend that there is a practical and humane alternative which will save lives and treat people with decency,” he said. “The Greens will fight this race to the bottom by the old parties.” | “We are going to deliver a clear message to the people of Melbourne this weekend that there is a practical and humane alternative which will save lives and treat people with decency,” he said. “The Greens will fight this race to the bottom by the old parties.” |
| Bandt said Bowtell, if she won the seat, would enter parliament as a backbencher, so even if she opposed the PNG arrangement, she would be powerless to do anything about it. “Some in the Labor party will wring their hands about the policy but they'll still vote for it,” Bandt said. | Bandt said Bowtell, if she won the seat, would enter parliament as a backbencher, so even if she opposed the PNG arrangement, she would be powerless to do anything about it. “Some in the Labor party will wring their hands about the policy but they'll still vote for it,” Bandt said. |
| “The second most powerful man in the country, the deputy prime minister, Anthony Albanese, is from the inner-city Labor left, and he can't change their policy, so what hope will a newly minted backbencher have? | “The second most powerful man in the country, the deputy prime minister, Anthony Albanese, is from the inner-city Labor left, and he can't change their policy, so what hope will a newly minted backbencher have? |
| “Melbourne needs someone who won't just speak against this hardline move, but will vote against it too.” | “Melbourne needs someone who won't just speak against this hardline move, but will vote against it too.” |
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