http://au.news.yahoo.com/latest/a/-/latest/16190166/greens-are-protest-party-say...

Prime Minister Julia Gillard says the Australian Greens are a "party of protest" and the tearing up of their post-election deal with Labor won't impact the government.

In her first public comments after Greens leader Christine Milne signalled the end of the agreement on Tuesday, Ms Gillard said Labor had entered into deals with the Greens and independents after the deadlocked 2010 election to "get on with the job".

The prime minister said she was "unsurprised" the Greens had decided to walk away from the agreement in an election year.

"At the end of the day, the Greens party is fundamentally a party of protest rather than a party of government," she told reporters in Adelaide on Wednesday.

"The Greens party is fundamentally a party that would prefer to complain about things than get solutions."

Responding to Greens criticism of Labor for allowing mining in Tasmania's Tarkine region, Ms Gillard said the government would always stand up for the jobs of Australian workers.

Ms Gillard said Senator Milne had phoned her before the National Press Club address on Tuesday to inform her of the decision.

"I did always anticipate that they would revert to type and they've done so," Ms Gillard said.

"I said sort of `thanks, rightio' and that was it."

She noted Senator Milne had confirmed the Greens would continue to provide confidence and supply in parliament.

"There are no consequences in relation to stability," Ms Gillard said.

This calls into question Gillards' judgement. If she believed what she has said today of the Greens, then why enter into an agreement with that party in the first place? Way to talk yourself into a corner, Jules!!!

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To 'get on with the job' perhaps?

Gillard and Milne think they can adjust the planets temperature from their office in Canberra, both mental patients if you ask me.

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Of course he has. Many of his posts are pro liberal.

Peter Freedman wrote on Feb 20^th, 2013 at 7:07pm:



Freedman, why don't you ask adel, skippy, MOTR, Alevine, both the Smiths, DNA etc if they have ever posted a comment that was anti labor.

KJT1981 wrote on Feb 20^th, 2013 at 7:25pm:


Why don't you ask me?

I will answer anyway!

Yes, I have posted anti Labor AND I have posted anti Liberal AND that's because they aren't worth 2 knobs of goat Sh!t, between both of them!

freediver wrote on Feb 20^th, 2013 at 6:50pm:


If that were true, and Gillard honestly believed what she said today way back when the agreement was being signed, then why make the agreement? She didn't need to do that because the Greens were never going to support Abbott. Gillard made an enormous blunder in signing that agreement with Brown. She would've had the support of the Greens even if she had not signed that agreement. She has no one else to blame for this mess but herself and this is yet another example of why people should seriously question her lack of good judgement.