Asked what are his red lines in terms of what he would support in government, Adam Bandt says:

The red line is we won’t support Peter Dutton.

After the laughter dies down he says:

We will go into any discussions with an open mind, but with a clear platform that we’re going to put on the table. And that’s what we’re doing in advance of the election. We’re letting people know that, in this coming minority parliament, we’re saying, if you vote for the Greens, here’s what you’re going to get. Like, you’re going to get a party that is in your corner and that is trying to make the billionaires and big corporations pay their fair share of tax to fund things like getting dental and free childcare into Medicare, and ensure we have a roof over our head.

Are we going to get it all in one set of negotiations at the start of the parliament? I don’t know. I don’t know. But we’ve got to try. Nothing changes if nothing changes. These ideas that we’re putting on the table, and these reforms that are going to make people’s lives better, are not things that are being advanced by the two major parties.

If we want some of these changes – and you want to tackle the housing and rental crisis – then you’ve got to have Greens there. Because otherwise, it’s going to be more of the same. Otherwise, it’s just going to be more of the same.