Labor’s Unwritten Deal With the Greens Is Backfiring

In recent years, Labor have been slipping to the Left in the vain attempt to appease the woke minority. They’ve kind of had to to win power. In the 2022 federal election, Labor won the election because of Green’s preferences. There’s no other way to look at it. Without the Greens preferences, Labor would not be in power. It’s a Mephistophelian bargain, an unwritten deal with the devil. Labor need the Greens, even if they hate admitting that.

But now the chickens are coming home to roost, so to speak. It’s no secret that the Greens are avid supporters of the pro-Palestinian / anti-Israel movement. They have openly worn scarves in parliament that represent Palestinian nationalism. They have staged walkouts from the Senate. They have basically inflamed tensions by publicly siding with the anti-Israel mob.

A few weeks ago, doors at a Labor conference venue in Melbourne were locked after pro-Palestinian activists got past security and began yelling at delegates and speakers.

And now as a test of how far things can go, pro-Palestinian protesters are now attacking the offices of Labor MPs.

This is the office of NSW Premier Chris Minns’ whose office was vandalised and defaced with red paint, with the word “murder” spray-painted on.

The office of federal Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus in Melbourne, who’s job ironically, is to oversee federal legal affairs and public security, was also attacked and smeared in red paint.

Minister for the NDIS Bill Shorten’s office, also in Melbourne, has been defaced a number of times I believe. He most recently said, “People have got a right to feel strongly about the distressing scenes in Gaza and in Israel, but there’s a line and you don't cross it. The idea you are saying you're protesting for peace by being violent is like burning books for literacy – it’s just rubbish.”

Premier of Victoria Jacinta Allan, also commented on the recent vandalism, “It would not advance any cause in any way to see people going about doing their work feeling unsafe. It also will not change the course of the conflict in the Middle East.” Noting that Ms Allan only last week introduced the world’s first Parliamentary Secretary for Men’s Behaviour Change to stop violence against women. Perhaps she needs to make a Secretary for Protester’s Behaviour Change. This is a picture of the ABC’s Melbourne office, which was also vandalised with pro-Palestinian messaging.

Perhaps surprisingly, the Parliamentary Secretary for Women’s Health Kat Theophanous’ office was also targeted by pro-Palestinian protesters in Melbourne.

But the final straw was the targeting of the Prime Minister himself, Anthony Albanese, who’s office is apparently uninhabitable. According to the Australian, the Prime Minister’s Marrickville office has not been used since January because of fears for the safety of his staff from continuous protests from pro-Palestinian demonstrators and warnings from federal police. I think Albo has let this go on long enough. His Mephistophelian bargain with the Greens and the woke Left is now starting to backfire.

The ABC are reporting, “Bipartisan condemnation of Greens’ involvement in pro-Palestinian protests”. In Question Time on Wednesday, the PM said, “It is unacceptable that misinformation has been consciously and deliberately spread by some Green senators and MPs, who have engaged in this in demonstrations outside offices and online. All of us have a responsibility to prevent conflict in the Middle East from being used as a platform for prejudice here at home. There is no place for antisemitism, prejudice of any sort, Islamophobia, in our communities, at our universities, or outside electorate offices. Enough is enough! The time for senators and members of parliament to continue to attend and inflame tensions outside these offices must end.”

Leader of the Opposition Peter Dutton also said there was a bipartisan position in calling on the Greens to not condone the illegal acts of protesters. He said, “We’re seeing now the offices of elected members of parliament being targeted with red paint, with vile messages of hate and discrimination and antisemitism, and the Greens should condemn it instead of condoning it. What the Prime Minister does today in condemning the actions of those who seek for their own political purposes, and their own political advancement, to pour fuel on this fire, deserves condemnation of this chamber.”

It seems like Labor and the Coalition have found common ground – their dislike of the Greens party.

Greens Leader Adam Bandt responded, “I will not be lectured to about peace and non-violence by people who back the invasion of Gaza. Children are dying because the Israeli army has engineered a famine and instead of talking about the victims, the Prime Minister wants to make it about himself.”

It looks like the unholy alliance is crumbling. It’s a shame Labor needs Greens’ votes to stay in power.

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