Tasmanian Greens

The Tasmanian Greens are a political party and branch of the Australian Greens. They are largely considered to be the world's first green political party.

Political Positions
Due to the fact that the party has been in coalition governments with larger political parties, as well as the fact that members have held ministerial positions/portfolios, the Tasmanian Greens are generally more moderate and more willing to make compromise than their other state counterparts as they actually see themselves as a party that may one day actually govern, mainly due to the unique system in which lower house members are elected in Tasmania.

As an example of this, federal senator Peter Whish-Wilson has a rather extensive business background, and at one stage worked for BHP Billiton and was an economist before entering parliament.

As another example, in the recent Tasmanian State Election, the Greens billed themselves as holding "true Liberal values" - marketing themselves to people "who prefer Malcolm Turnbull to Tony Abbott."