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13 Sep 05:55am

Filed under: Christine Milne, Disclosure, Freedom Of Information, Greens, Julia Gillard, Labor Party

There is some deserved and overdue scrutiny of the Greens going on right now and it is appropriate the spotlight searches further.

You're not going to release my policy costings? YAY! Illustration: Bill Leak

This is about a political party that prides itself on transparency, yet offers none when it comes to its own workings.

The background is a legitimate Freedom of Information request by Jamie Briggs, MP, seeking details on the costing of policies submitted by the Greens to the Treasury Department in the wake of the 2010 election negotiations. Public servants ran the numbers and analysed the outcomes. The public is entitled to know what they discovered.

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James O says:

06:29pm | 13/09/12

Unfortunately for the Greens Australia is not a diverse europolitical culture in steep decline. The social economic downturn has not touched Australia to the same extent as it has in the EEC, if it had the Greens may find their soft left wing ideals more appealing to the multitude of… Read more »
Borderer says:

05:37pm | 13/09/12

RobJ, You are dense aren’t you…. That’s right and Aboriginals are Australian. So you can’t be Australian unless you’re Aboriginal? I have a piece of paper that says I’m Australian, I’m probably the least Aboriginal person you are going to meet, being white and born in England will do that.… Read more »

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