Today is the last day in office for retiring senators who were elected in October 2004. And that means that the nine Greens senators — up from five in the old senate — will hold the balance of power in their own right.
Balance of power
Taylor: How the Greens went mainstream
The Greens don’t want to be a demonstration dressed up as a political party, they want to be the best bet for keeping the balance of the power in the Senate. Their policies haven’t changed, just the way they pitch themselves, writes Lenore Taylor.
Time to uncork the enormous potential of the Senate
The two party tyranny of Australian politics is in desperate need of a shake-up. To put it bluntly, we need to get the major parties out of the Senate, writes Klaas Woldring.
