Beat the dodgy preference deals:
A message from the NSW Greens

The major parties are making dodgy preference deals. If the 
deals work then The Greens' John Kaye will not be voted into the 
Senate.

This is a warning to the progressive community in NSW. The 
balance of power in the Senate could be won by right-wing 
religious fundamentalists or other conservatives because of 
unprincipled preference deals by the ALP and Democrats. Voting 
Greens in the Senate is the safest way to ensure that this does 
not happen.

Both the Democrats and the ALP have preferenced Liberals for 
Forests ahead of The Greens in the Senate in NSW. The Greens can 
still get John elected, but only by maximising their primary 
vote.

The Democrats have preferenced the Christian Democrats Fred Nile 
and right-wing religious fundamentalists Family First ahead of 
The Greens.

The ALP have split their preferences with one third of the value 
of an ALP above-the-line vote going to Fred Nile ahead of The 
Greens.

The Greens made principled preference decisions that went to 
progressive small parties, the Democrats and then the ALP before 
the Coalition and the right-wing parties. A vote for The Greens 
is a safe progressive vote.

For John Kaye to be elected to the Senate, The Greens need 14.3 
percent of the vote. As the preference flows to the Greens have 
been reduced, The Greens must now maximise their primary vote. I 
advise Labor and Democrat voters to vote below the line on the 
voting paper. An above-the-line vote for either of these parties 
risks electing a right-wing religious fundamentalist senator 
and/or Glenn Druery from Liberals for Forests.

The safest vote is to vote for The Greens above the line. But if 
you don't want to do that, then vote below the line, but you have 
to fill in every square and make sure you put The Greens second. 
Be Careful! A few errors and your vote is invalid!

The Senate is likely to play a key role in stopping legislation 
that damages human rights, privatises Telstra or weakens 
environmental protection.

For more detail on preference allocation visit: 
http://www.aec.gov.au/election2004/candidates/pdf/gvt/2004NSWGVT.pdf