the Greens are not in this to win the approval of the political classes. They’re in it to achieve bold, Whitlamesque, reform. So it’s an issue that Max Chandler-Mather is going to continue to pursue, no matter how many times he gets told he’s behaving like a brat. Because the Greens know the issue is an electoral killer. It has the capacity to completely reshape the voting patterns that the Labor party has relied on for the past fifty years.
Most renters vote Labor. At the moment. There is no reason that will be the case forever.
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