"I disagree, I think that the large swing to the Greens at the...

"I disagree, I think that the large swing to the Greens at the Federal election was nothing more than a one off protest by people treating the election like a leader popularity contest and not by the weight of the entire set of policies and costings."

Except for the NBN, there were no policies on offer. As much as the political class wants to believe it, the Greens result wasn't a once-off protest vote, and the hisorical records supports that. And given that the Greens are deliberately excluded from coverage by media proprietors, you can't chalk it up to personality politics either.