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Greens ousted: Abbott passes Grayndler to Albanese BASIL NAIMET
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Free pass: Tony Abbott has effectively ensured Anthony Albanese will retain his seat of Grayndler.
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ey, Albo – this one’s for you. Opposition Leader Tony Abbott effectively ensured the race for Grayndler at this year’s election was over on Wednesday when he all but killed off the chances of the Greens winning the seat from sitting Labor MP, Anthony Albanese. Mr Abbott announced on Wednesday all House of Representatives Liberal candidates would preference Labor over the Greens, effectively handing Mr Albanese, who had a margin of just over four per cent over the minor party, his seat. Mr Abbott said the previous minority government was not successful and made it clear he was not going to form a minority government if elected. “It is critical for Australia’s future that we have a return to strong, stable and accountable government. But that will not occur if there is a continuation of Labor-Greens minority government. [It was] an experiment that has comprehensively failed,” Mr Abbott said. The Greens candidate for Grayndler, Hall Greenland, said voters would not take well to such tactics. “It is clear the old parties are out to destroy the Greens because they want to keep control of parliament for themselves. We’ve been planning for this. It’s no surprise to me that the old parties are ganging up together to help each other,” Mr Greenland said. “My message to voters is don’t let Tony Abbott decide who represents you on important matters like refugee policy, climate change, marriage equality and public education. You decide.” Mr Albanese said ultimately the community would decide the outcome. He said the move by Mr Abbott was a strategic one based on how the electorate views his party. “The fact is that Tony Abbott’s only come up with this position in my seat after there’s been published polling showing that the Liberals in fact are fi nishing second, the Greens are fi nishing third, and so the Liberal preferences won’t be counted,” Mr Albanese said.
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