The truth about Greens preferences this Victorian election

From: The Australian Greens (Victoria) Campaign Team

Any suggestion that the Greens are preferencing the Liberals or Nationals anywhere is entirely false.

Despite anything that might be in the media, or in any garbled reports you may receive:

• the Greens are NOT recommending preferences to the Liberals (or Nationals) in any seats
• We ARE recommending a preference to the ALP in the vast majority of the marginals that matter, and in most other seats.
• In some seats, we will leave it to the voters' choice, by providing a split or open ticket that allows them to Vote Green and then preference whichever major party they choose.
• In the Upper House we have already determined to provide all preferences to like-minded parties first, then Labor, then the Conservatives, then the candidates with the most extremely opposed position to The Greens.

By contrast, the ALP has preferenced the so-called Country Alliance ahead of the Greens. This Party is essentially a Shooters-and-Loggers Party.

Anyone who expresses any doubts about Greens preferences can visit our website where the whole set of lower house tickets across Victoria is available:

http://www.vic.greens.org.au/2006Election/how-to-vote

You can see how preferences from above-the-line votes will flow in the upper house at http://www.vec.vic.gov.au/statecandidates.html.

Please feel free to pass information on to others.

Best wishes,

VSECC and the Campaign Team,
Australian Greens (Victoria)
1/377 Little Bourke St, Melbourne 3001
(PO Box 4589 Melbourne 3001)
(03) 9602 1141