fallenwater

There are a lot more Greens candidates in rural seats that I can remember in the past, but campaigning in rural areas is expensive and without corporate backing it's very hard to justify spending a lot on campaigning for seats you're unlikely to even come close to winning. Palmer (for example) can do that sort of thing because he's cashed up, but a grassroots party can't match that.

The problem with this is all it takes is one bad faith government to 'capture' the test and then it's not only pointless but potentially actively damaging.

Here's a Federal/recently endorsed version:

https://greens.org.au/policies/genetically-modified-organisms

If you genuinely think Labor are a 'progressive' party I have a bridge to sell you.

I mean people don't like to be told the truth if the truth isn't what they want to hear - but that doesn't mean you shouldn't speak the truth. Sometimes leadership is sucking it up and upsetting some people who need to hear the truth.