The Australian Greens Party policy vacuum highlighted on ABC 7.30 Report

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16 November 18, 4:02pm Victoria faces higher #natgas prices and risks jobs in push for ban on hydraulic fracturing. @DanielAndrewsMP popu… https://t.co/MUYJig0aZp
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16 November 18, 11:22am Today’s visit by Japan’s PM Shinzō Abe is the culmination of more than a decade’s preparation and dedication in dev… https://t.co/ovzdBeXGIa
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16 November 18, 9:00am Read op-ed by APPEA's Malcolm Roberts in today's @australian highlighting the importance of #LNG projects in delive… https://t.co/26pOuQwO8d
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15 November 18, 8:27am APPEA’s @MattDoman tells @ABCnews that @Greens and @GreenpeaceAP push impossible #oil spill scenarios to distort pu… https://t.co/0Ne1Eg2H8J
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Christine Milne - Australian Greens

Australian Greens Leader Christine Milne had little to say when asked about policy and the potential loss of tens of thousands of jobs from the resources sector during an appearance on the ABC’s 7.30 Report this week.

The full interview can be seen here.

Not only are the Greens saying ‘no’ to jobs but ‘no’ to Australia’s most meaningful and affordable near term way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and ‘no’ to the development of new gas supplies required to put downward pressure on energy costs.

The reason the Greens are the only party opposed to natural gas development is that they appear to be the only party unconcerned by job loses, energy costs, and the discontinuation of Australia’s resources boom.