http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/jeremy-buckingham/ Jeremy was elected to the NSW Legislative Council as a Greens MP in 2011. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/nsw-dodges-a-bullet-thanks-to-the-greens/ The Labor Party never stop spinning.  The Greens and the Nationals candidates stormed past Pauline Hanson on Tuesday to fill the last two seats in the NSW upper house. But Labor is now trying to take credit for stopping Pauline Hanson spreading her divisive politics for the next eight years.  The major stars of the ‘stop Pauline Hanson show’ were the large number of Greens voters.  A record 453,125 people voted Greens in NSW on March 26.  That’s four and a half times as many people as the 98,043 who voted for Pauline Hanson. The Greens did gain an extra 3,738 votes from Labor preferences. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Jeremy Buckingham) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/nsw-dodges-a-bullet-thanks-to-the-greens/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/nsw-dodges-a-bullet-thanks-to-the-greens/#item5631 Thu, 14 Apr 2011 19:45:52 +0000 Jeremy Buckingham | Author bios | The Punch