NATIONAL AFFAIRS: The Green menace we must mobilise against*

An assessment of the new Gillard Government, and the 43rd Australian Parliament, must begin with a few simple facts.The two independent MPs from NSW, Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott, were not solely responsible for throwing Julia Gillard a lifeline. The outcome could not have occurred without support from two of the new MPs, Adam Bandt (Greens) and Andrew Wilkie (ex-Greens).The new minority government rests on a knife-edge, 76 seats to 74. A by-election or two – or even a few too many bungles – c…

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