Federal Seat of Melbourne

Now I really like Lindsay Tanner - he is one of the few genuinely competent and likeable frontbenchers in the current Government. He is well informed and articulate and he usually tells the truth. Half a dozen Lindsay's could wipe the floor with that Coalition rabble.

But there is a real chance that the Greens will roll him in the Federal seat of Melbourne at the next election.

And that will be a good thing. Not because the Greens have a superior candidate but because they represent change. And political change and renewal is desperately needed across Australia. Now if we could only get them to have a look at North Sydney ;-)

There will need to be consequences for this Government's abandonment of a real response to Climate Change and that could mean their defeat at the next election.

It would be a good thing - because it would send a strong message to future Governments about the need to honour their commitments.

Now there would be a downside - but my guess is that 3 years of the monk and his cronies would put Australian's off the Coalition for a generation ;-)