In response to Anonymous fine comments of February 12, 2022 particularly:
"Is coalition with ALP and Greens possible? Radical ecologists do not seem to accept nuclear submarine. US and Europe concentrate Ukraine issues, but military operations by China in the East China Sea after the Olympic games should be highly cautious."
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Yes, there is a coalition of some interests and some voting patterns between the Australian ALP and Greens.
At the national level of Government this is evident in:
- people's votes for the Greens at elections being passed on to the much larger ALP, especially important in the by May 21, 2022 Federal Election
- Adam Bandt, leader of the Australian Greens and federal Member for Melbourne (in the Lower House of) Parliament, sometimes, but not always, voting with the ALP in the Lower House.
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- the Greens are powerful in the Upper House (Senate) with 9 out of the 76 Senate seats available. This is particulary when the Greens vote with the ALP Senators.
If the ALP win the 2022 (Lower House) Federal Election AND the ALP and/or Greens win an extra Senate seat the details and buying-submarines-budget environment of the AUKUS nuclear submarine process may change.
It is true the Greens do no accespt the AUKUS submarine deal and if the ALP win the 2022 Election SOME Leftwing members/Senators of the ALP (some may be persuaded by China) to block AUKUS progress.
Thanks for the details on the attitudes to China of some Japanese politicians.