There had been an effort to create a Green party in Australia during the 70's and 80's as issues such as the Franklin Dam and other green issues rose in importance. The Greens were formed in the early 90's and elected their first senator who is the current leader Bob Brown in 1996.<ref>http://greens.org.au/history</ref> As time progressed The Greens electoral performance improved dramatically and in the Australian Senate and the parliaments of various State and territories around Australia they make up a visible minority.
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There had been an effort to create a Green party in Australia during the 70's and 80's as issues such as the Franklin Dam and other green issues rose in importance. The Greens were formed in the early 90's and elected their first senator, Bob Brown, in 1996.<ref>http://greens.org.au/history</ref> As time progressed The Greens electoral performance improved dramatically and in the Australian Senate and the parliaments of various State and territories around Australia they make up a visible minority.
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==Stance on Middle-class issues==
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The Greens party was formed from the decaying democrats in the 1980's, and hence arose to take over where the democrats where they left off. Arriving in 1996, Bob Brown immediately made cutting the cost of Latte's , a common Melbournian consumer price index and vote grabber issue,a policy priority and successfully petitioning John Howard to introduce Free-trade agreements with major coffee producing Nations such as Brazil. <ref>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/opinion/anti-human-greens-wont-usurp-labor/story-e6frgd0x-1226089236332</ref> With the loyalty of inner-city DINKs assured, Brown moved to his next target; to corrupt the hinterland. Insidiously recruiting the respected farmer's rights advocate Christine Milne, he sought to destabilise the Lower Riverina and Barwon-Millewa regions in an effort to undermine confidence in the sitting government and propel his regime to power. The end result of his tactic is still not known...