Bob Brown shrugs off impact of split in Tasmanian Greens

'I wish him well,' former party leader says of Geoff Holloway's plan to form breakaway group

The former Greens leader Bob Brown has shrugged off the impact of a split in the Tasmanian Greens that will lead to a breakaway faction contesting the state election.

"I hope they win every dark green vote in Tasmania - they'll go straight across to the Greens in preferences," he said.