05.38 BSTBandt says ‘hate’ for Dutton in Melbourne a factor in swing away from GreensAdam Bandt says people in Melbourne’s “hate” for the former opposition leader Peter Dutton was a factor in the swing away from the Greens.The outgoing Greens leader is speaking to the media:
People in Melbourne hate Peter Dutton with a very good reason. They have seen his brand of toxic racism on display for many years, seen his time as immigration minister, seen him make comments about Melbourne and like many, many of them wanted him as far away from power as possible.
Despite us making it very clear that we shared their position, my initial take is some votes linked away from us as people saw Labor [as] the best option to stop Dutton. I spent a fair bit of time in polling groups in Melbourne, had a few conversations where people told me they usually vote Green but this time they did not because of Peter Dutton, which is disappointing for us.
Bandt pointed to the Trump effect encouraging “that huge riptide from Liberal to Labor”:
[It] had an effect on us as well.
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