A comment I just threw onto an ABC "Environment Blog" news item on the Greens accepting a ministry portfolio...., or not.....
Peter Garrett: a cautionary tale for the Greens
By Sara Phillips
http://www.abc.net.au/environment/articles/2010/09/10//3008656.htm#artComments
Greens better without portfolios.
Before policy forming, education is the must-have, so Greens would do well to call the ALP Govt for two "heads-of-Committees" seats beside each ALP Minister with a portfolio effecting anything to do with the environment, as advisers, educators and Environment-First Lobbyists.
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