How knocking on 90,000 doors delivered Queensland Labor heartland to the Greens
by Ben Smee from World news | The Guardian on (#5ZGYG)
Analysis: the party's stunning election result - likely winning three seats in Brisbane - built on a years-long grassroots strategy
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More than six years ago, the Greens began a political experiment in south Brisbane: they sought to build a never-ending door-knocking campaign in city's most progressive inner suburbs.
The party's stunning election result on Saturday - likely winning three lower house seats in Brisbane - is no sudden political shock to the Greens themselves. It was built on the back of an unusual grassroots social work" strategy, where volunteers in green shirts spent as much time working on community support efforts as they did working to change voters' minds.
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