Greens will not do preference deals in Wide Bay

Posted by Jim on April 22, 2010

Greens candidate, Dr Jim McDonald, said “There will be no preference deals in Wide Bay for the Federal election.”

He was responding on comments yesterday by the National Member for Wide Bay, Hon Warren Truss and National Senator Ron Boswell.

The National Party parliamentarians said that there might be a pre-election deal between Labor and the Greens.

“Senator Boswell and Mr Truss are guilty of misinformation,” he said. “At the last Federal election, the Greens made no preference deals with any party in Wide Bay and the Nationals have made no approach to the Branch for talks on any issues.

“Wide Bay Greens have already decided not to preference any party at the next Federal election. The Branch is adamant that there should be no preference deals because of Coalition lack of environmental policies and Labor’s policies on refugees. WAIT! There is more to read… read on »