Bob Brown spoke yesterday at a Greens re-election rally to campaign workers and Greens supporters.
“This is a terrific moment in Greens history” he said, “because we are on the cusp of electing both a Greens senator out of Victoria into the national parliament, and a Greens representative out of Melbourne into the house of Representatives.”
Mr Brown also outlined the case for voting Green regardless of major party election outcomes.
“Julia Gillard has said this is a cliff-hanger election. This time Sunday we may have an Abbott government. What could be better than Adam Bandt, this person of integrity with the intellect he has, on the floor of the parliament, taking it up to an Abbott government for the next three years. And what could be better, if there is a Labor government, than not just having another Labor back-bencher in the house, but having a Green front-bencher, able to introduce legislation for a carbon tax, to tax the polluters and green the Australian economy.”
