The Greens will push Labor to cap lease will increase, elevate the age of felony duty and halt native forest logging if the November 26 election delivers a hung parliament, regardless of Premier Daniel Andrews insisting he would by no means do a cope with the minor occasion.
Samantha Ratnam, chief of the Victorian Greens, believes her occasion can maintain the steadiness of energy within the subsequent parliament, and has outlined 5 key coverage calls for she is going to make in alternate for its help.
“We’re heading into what may very well be an historic state election,” Ratnam stated. “We’re very open to working with a Labor authorities subsequent yr, and we shall be ensuring local weather motion and housing affordability are a key a part of these negotiations, in addition to integrity and First Nations justice.”
To make sure Greens help, a minority Labor authorities would wish to ban onshore and offshore fuel exploration, cap lease will increase in keeping with wages, elevate the age of felony duty from 10 to 14, and instantly finish native forest logging throughout the state.
Ratnam additionally needs Labor to move her Strengthening Integrity Invoice, which might beef up the powers of the Unbiased Broad-based Anti-corruption Fee, legislate a code of conduct for ministers and lobbyists, cease the “revolving door” between ministers and lobbying organisations, and set up a parliamentary integrity commissioner.
The Andrews authorities continues to have an election-winning lead, based on the latest Resolve Political Monitor survey, however pollsters say the race has tightened and a minority Labor authorities is rising more and more seemingly.
Labor must relinquish not less than 11 of its 55 decrease home seats to lose its majority within the 88-seat parliament. The Greens at present maintain three seats, all of which they’re anticipated to retain. The occasion is sustaining hope it might probably add Richmond and Northcote to its tally, and likewise believes it has an out of doors likelihood of successful Albert Park and Pascoe Vale, the place incumbent Labor MPs aren’t recontesting.
Andrews on Tuesday reaffirmed his place of 12 years that he wouldn’t provide, or enter into, a cope with the Greens.