In response to Phoebe Havyatt (Letters, July 17): it’s very unfortunate that people like yourself have so little confidence in themselves and the Greens party in general that they have to ‘crap’ on highly professional and hardworking Labor MPs like Justine Elliot who has continuously delivered for the people of Richmond.
It’s a real shame that novice Greens wannabees like Mandy Nolan stoop to such lows and run dishonest and deceptive ads to get attention, like the one highlighting Bill Shorten shaking hands with Pauline Hanson claiming that Labor is ‘teaming up with Pauline Hanson to ruin our NDIS’. The Greens had nothing to do with the NDIS, Labor introduced the NDIS. And we’ve lost count of the number of times the Greens have shamelessly voted with One Nation and the opposition to derail important government legislation in nothing more than opportunistic acts of grandstanding.
If the irresponsible Greens weren’t so disruptive and deceitful with their wild propaganda, serious politicians like Justine Elliot would not have to use her precious funds running ads constantly exposing spurious Greens hypocrisy.
For four decades The Echo has printed the stories some people loved, some people hated, and some pretended not to read. If you want us to keep telling the truth, the real truth, not the sugar-coated version. We’ll need your support to keep the presses rolling. 
