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Labor and the Greens don’t get along. Here’s why

  • Written by Mark Kenny, Professor, Australian Studies Institute, Australian National University
Labor and the Greens don’t get along. Here’s whyLukas Coch/AAP

Relations between a centrist Labor government feeling its way and an ascendant Greens party have become surprisingly strained of late.

The rancorous tone of public exchanges reveals deep-seated enmities born of an increasingly direct electoral contest in the inner cities, legitimate policy differences, and a hyper-sensitivity to...

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