The left-wing Australian Greens has listed five demands or priorities if it holds the balance of power after the next election if the Victorian state Labor government fails to win enough seats to form a majority government.
It follows an announcement from Premier Daniel Andrews who ruled out any dealmaking with the Greens, as well as Independent MPs, amid concerns of a hung parliament.
“This has been my position for 12 years … No deal will be offered and no deal will be done,” Andrews told ABC News Breakfast on Nov. 14.
According to a statement from the Greens, the party’s priorities include: banning onshore and offshore gas exploration and production, capping rent increases, reforming the state’s integrity and anti-corruption Bill, raising the age of criminal responsibility to 14, and banning logging across the state in 2023….