Greens confident in Melbourne, ACT

THE Greens are confident they can hold their sole lower house seat of Melbourne and will gear their election campaign towards retaining the balance of power in the Senate.

Melbourne MP Adam Bandt said the latest Galaxy poll showed the party's primary vote in the seat of Melbourne was about 48 per cent.

Greens leader Christine Milne said Mr Bandt had done a great job as Melbourne MP.

"I have every confidence that the people of Melbourne will return Adam to the House of Representatives," Senator Milne told reporters in Melbourne on Monday.

Mr Bandt said from day one of his term the party had set out to hold the seat of Melbourne.

"People are switching their votes," Mr Bandt said.

"A poll that was released over the weekend suggests that our primary vote in Melbourne is of the order of 48 per cent.

""What that poll shows, if it's repeated on election day, is that it doesn't matter if Labor and Liberal collaborate on preferences with each other."

Senator Milne said the Greens party would fight hard to retain its strong Senate position.

In NSW, this fight would be against a range of "right-wing minor parties" of "shooters and fishers and the like", she said.

Public service and university cuts were paving the way for the Greens to be elected to one of the two ACT Senate seats, she said.

"In the ACT we have got a really good opportunity to pick up a Senate seat," Senator Milne said.

"The public service in Canberra knows that the only party who are their friends are the Greens.

"The same with the university. The Greens are again the only party who are saying they will not support the cuts to university."

The party will have to battle against the coalition in Western Australia and South Australia, she said.

The Greens currently hold nine Senate seats.

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