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Tink , I feel for all Victorians. The Greens in Tasmania have made the place an economic basket place , all in the good of the environment. I can agree with some of their policy and issues logging ancient forests. But they take it even further , they don't want eco tourism either. There was an article on TV ( I forget what channel ) last week about entrepreneurs wanting to set up environmental eco shelters in some of our forest as a tourist venture. Well of course the loonie Greens won't allow it . One of those families wanting to set a venture for tourists to enjoy an eco tourist resort was Dick Smith and his siblings. The Greens run them out of the State and Tasmania lost the potential to draw more tourism dollars to the state. Others have been driven away as well , the loonie Greens don't want any human footprint on anything. It's extremism at it's worst , and it's killing the state. They also don't want expansion to fish farming either , and that's one of our biggest earners. They don't allow genetically modified crops either , another show ( I think it was Landline ) showed had this is driving another big earner the poppy industry off island as well.  Basically they want the whole place untouched and nothing happening. There was a glimmer of hope the new Liberal Government would overturn some of these loonie rules set up by generations of Green / Labor Governments. But the Greens are already gearing up for that fight and it won't be pretty.

Also I just can't get over that result in Prahan myself, how does someone on 24 per cent get elected in when others are clearly more favoured in the community ? No wonder we have the problems we do. Hopefully Victoria won't suffer to much in the next few years. It's a great state and I love visiting there.