Christine Milne resigns

[bluecat*dancing]

Christine Milne has resigned as the leader of the Greens. I wonder who her replacement will be?

[gleee58]

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@*julia*2010 wrote:

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@gleee58 wrote:

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@*julia*2010 wrote:

that wasn't the reason for her resignation.

which is what gleee said it was.

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It is the reason she has given and it is the reason contained in the statement on the webpage, which you claim is not the case.

In your opinion what is the reason she resigned?

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not my opinion.

quoting here statement:

"It is with a mix of optimism, pride, excitement and sadness that I am resigning the leadership and leaving the Senate, Senator Milne said.

"I have achieved what I set out to achieve when I took over the leadership. The Greens have gone from strength to strength with solid election results and a growing, engaged party membership.

"I promised a more cabinet-style, collaborative approach to leadership. I am so proud of the way my colleagues have responded. We are a strong, capable, visionary Greens team.

"We have stood strongly for a safe climate and an end to wealth inequality. We have stood with the community against the cruelty of the Abbott Government, with their first budget resoundingly rejected by the people, and the Senate.

"My decision to resign today is one I made with my family. After 25 years in politics, I am looking forward to spending more time in my beautiful home state of Tasmania, with friends and family, and especially as I am soon to be a grandmother.

"Life after parliament is not however, life after politics. The fight for action on global warming will continue and I will take my passion, and all that I've learnt, to that fight standing shoulder to shoulder with the community here, and all over the world, for climate justice.

"I would like to say thank you. To my family, staff, colleagues, friends, party members, supporters and voters - thank you. I have cherished your input, your passion, and your support.

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You missed this bit 

The Tasmanian Greens preselection process for the 2016 election opens shortly.

Senator Milne told the Party Room that having decided not to contest the election for another six year Senate term, she resigned as Leader.

She resigned the leadership because she has decided not to recontest her Senate seat at the next election, for the reasons stated.  

[gleee58]

[youcandoityoucandoityoucandoit]

Richard Di Natale has been elected unopposed as the new Greens leader.

http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2015/may/06/christine-milne-resigns-as-greens-leader-...

[i-need-a-martini]

I am glad she is gone. I think she did the party (and their causes) great harm.

I like Richard Di Natali though.

[gleee58]

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@i-need-a-martini wrote:

I am glad she is gone. I think she did the party (and their causes) great harm.

I like Richard Di Natali though.

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On the surface it might appear as such but in the grand scheme of things she didn't.  She has been there from the beginning with Bob Brown. Sure she might have made some decisions which your not good in hindsight but doesn't everyone?  

That's not to say I agree with her comments, all the time, or think she took the correct policy position, all the time, but overall I think her contribution has been positive overall.   

I too like Richard Di Natale.  I recall being impressed by him when he appeared on QandA and when I've seen him speaking on other occasions.

[i-need-a-martini]

I know she is an extraordinarily intelligent woman but I think she tackled issues in the same way that the Liberals do - everyone else is always the bad guy and the enemy.

I would have loved Bandt to be in charge of the Party. He's an excellent politician and a great communicator.

[gleee58]

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@i-need-a-martini wrote:

I know she is an extraordinarily intelligent woman but I think she tackled issues in the same way that the Liberals do - everyone else is always the bad guy and the enemy.

I would have loved Bandt to be in charge of the Party. He's an excellent politician and a great communicator.

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Bandt said he wants to spend time with the family, which sounds reasonable.

I like the way the greens present.  They get portrayed as a bunch of loony extremists when the reality is all together different.  

[cherry*135]

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@*julia*2010 wrote:

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@gleee58 wrote:

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@lind9650 wrote:

Question is; Why did she resign?

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Because she has decided to not stand at the next election for another 6 year term.

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that was not what she said.

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Senator Milne told the Party Room that having decided not to contest the election for another six year Senate term, she resigned as Leader.

What will she do in her spare time now she has resigned.. spend more time with her family and grandchild/children.

[ladydeburg]

Worth a 2nd read I think:

This must be sending a shudder among Labor.

Their mortal enemy, the Greens, whom they wedded with Gillard, will strike at the very heart of Labor's voter base, they will rip and tear their voters away from them like they have been doing for years,  but,  Labor cannot divorce itself from them because they would never win an election without them and their preferences.

Labor has the most to lose as it becomes more and more unattractive, wedded to its ugly union base and unable to divorce it.

With sound leadership, Di Natale may be able to bring the Greens up to around equal representation to Labor over coming elections if he can deliver on what he says and restrain the conflated moral outrage of SHY, Rhiannon and Ludlum, whom were blindsided by the swift leadership change and are not happy. The secretive Greens meetings means we will never know what goes on.

The days of Labor being the main opposition party may be numbered.

In the process, Bill Shorten  has even less time in the job, he surely can't last much longer once Labor's popularity starts being eaten away by the Greens, Bill is on borrowed time and Plibersek too as the inner city lefties see a more attractive alternative in the Greens than union driven Labor led by a union hack.

This is why we are seeing the Labor party lurching to the left, to make itself more appealing than the Green voters, at the expense of the wider Labor base.

Labor are thrashing around wondering what to do so  gay marriage, a pet project of the Greens, looks like a winner to Labor, who'll bet that the Aborigines will become another "pet" project along with the branch stacking inner city ethnic electorates.

[debra9275]

I very much doubt it!

I watched Di Natali on the 7.30 report last night, he seems OK