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Greens celebrate electoral gains
Greens Leader Bob Brown says the Greens' near-win in Mayo, Rob Oakeshott's landslide in Lyne, and the 4% state-wide swing to the Greens in Western Australia spell disintegration for the two-party system in Australia.
"Had the Greens' Lynton Vonow got the column inches or TV time given the Liberals' Jamie Briggs, Mayo would have gone to the Greens," Senator Brown said.
Greens make history in Mayo
Greens Senator for South Australia Sarah Hanson-Young says the Greens are ecstatic about their history-making performance in the Mayo by-election yesterday.
“It’s a fantastic, history-making result, and we’re very proud of our candidate Lynton Vonow,” said Senator Hanson-Young.
Greens celebrate electoral gains
Greens Leader Bob Brown says the Greens' near-win in Mayo, Rob Oakeshott's landslide in Lyne, and the 4% state-wide swing to the Greens in Western Australia spell disintegration for the two-party system in Australia.
"Had the Greens' Lynton Vonow got the column inches or TV time given the Liberals' Jamie Briggs, Mayo would have gone to the Greens," Senator Brown said.
"As it is, the seat will be decided on absentee and postal votes and we Greens are keeping our fingers crossed.
[Read on, includes latest results.]
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Greens candidate for the Mayo by-election, Lynton Vonow has called for public transport and urgent improvements to road and rail to be made to help Kangaroo Island residents and tourism.
“The island has special needs when it comes to roads and public transport,” said Lynton.
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Greens candidate for the Mayo by-election, Lynton Vonow has called for the government and Liberal Party to “come clean” on what they know about a proposed massive housing development to the east of Mt Barker.
Liberals in Mayo panic
Anti-Greens brochures from the Liberal Party that are being circulated in Mayo show a party in panic and fearing a loss of the seat, Australian Greens Leader Bob Brown said in Canberra today. The Greens candidate for Mayo is Lynton Vonow.
"These brochures, which follow the path of misrepresentation of the Greens taken the by the Exclusive Brethren at recent elections, are set to deceive the voters of Mayo," Senator Brown said.
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