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| Subject: Good stuff: Senior staff desert OZschwitz Greens in major shake-up Thu Sep 26, 2013 4:14 am | |
| Greens leader Christine Milne has lost all of her senior staff in a post-election shake-up that has exposed rising tensions inside the minor party.
Following an election that sent the Greens' Senate vote backwards, there has been a mass exodus of senior advisers, with some privately citing dissatisfaction over the direction of the party and its poor campaign strategy. Christine Milne.
Last man standing: Greens leader Christine Milne. Photo: Penny Bradfield
A 4.5 per cent Senate swing against the Greens and a 3 per cent negative swing in the lower house had the party shed more than 400,000 votes at the election and has sparked a round of internal recriminations and soul searching.
Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/senior-staff-desert-greens-in-shakeup-20130925-2uem0.html#ixzz2fz6XzVkJ |
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