Green washing
Labor’s super tax plan could hinge on how the Greens party recalibrates under new leader Larissa Waters.
The Greens have a new leader — and potentially a new tone — but the platform they took to the last election is unlikely to shift in the near term.
“Our policies won't change, but our approach is a firm and constructive one,” Senator Larissa Waters said after becoming the party’s fifth leader on Thursday.
“People elected us to get shit done.”
While the Greens are reeling from the loss of three lower house seats — including leader Adam Bandt's — they will gain leverage in the Senate, where they now hold the balance of power. “We want the Labor Party to be bold,” Waters said.
How she balances pragmatism with idealism will be crucial. Labor now faces a binary choice in the Senate: negotiate with the Greens or strike deals with the Coalition.
