Tide has turned for Greens

When the Canberra Times opeds turn ugly for the Greens party then you know they’re in all sorts of muck:

The asylum-seeker debacle and last Saturday’s Melbourne defeat marks the beginning of an ideologically pure party’s decline. The Greens have …

THEIR GST MOMENT: Voting with the Liberals/Nationals on asylum seekers could be killing the Greens political party

The ABC’s Jon Faine says the decision of the Greens political party to vote with the Liberals and National party on asylum seekers could be their lethal “GST moment,” a reference to the defunct Australian Democrats’ fateful decision to vote with John Howard to pass his Goods and Services Tax.

Poll-driven Greens party uses market research firm to justify voting with Libs on asylum seekers #auspol

Remember when the Greens political party used to denounce its foes (ie Labor) for being poll-driven cynics who weren’t true to their values. Seems they are now using expensive market research firms to quiz their voters about what policies to …

Would the ABC name alleged sexual assault victims in any other case?

It’s certainly true that sex assault claims against prominent people ought be dealt with very carefully by the media. But 4 Corners’ attempted demolition job on the rape charges against Assange in Sweden, including repeatedly naming his alleged victims, scaled …