The climate is changing - but Green vote dries up

The letter from Stephen Kress claimed "the Labor smear campaigns (about preferences) against the Greens scared enough of their wavering inner city voters to save Bronwyn Pike and neighbouring seats for the ALP.

"How such a well-educated and supposedly savvy demographic could fall for such a blatant Labor con job is mind-boggling," the letter said.

Perhaps more mind-boggling, however, is the refusal of the Greens to accept that voters are intelligent enough to make up their own minds.

Instead of blaming others, Greens should look at their policies, and their aggressive “you’re with us of you’re against us” campaign style to understand why people aren't voting for them.

The bitter, condescending rants that characterised the Victorian election, and the Tasmanian election before that reflect badly on the party.

If they want the earn the respect of voters, Green party leaders need to stop behaving like petulant school children.

It's time for the Greens to stop whining about conspiracy theories, and to accept that voters are able to think for themselves.