Labor MP says Greens a 'vanity project' and opposition must steal votes back from the left

Andrew Giles criticises view Labor should abandon some far-left voters ahead of showdown at national conference

A Labor MP says the Greens are a “vanity project” that, at best, influences the “social democratic project” in Australia, and Labor should reabsorb voters on the left of Australian politics.

The left-aligned Labor MP Andrew Giles makes the comments in a speech to be delivered on Saturday night in Melbourne at the launch of Whitlam’s Children, a book examining the relationship between Labor and the Greens by Shaun Crowe.

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