AUSTRALIAN Greens leader Christine Milne has accused Labor and the Liberals of shutting down democratic options after they ruled out deals with minor parties and independents to form government.
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has also directed the Liberal Party to put the Greens last on all lower house how-to-vote cards.
Senator Milne scoffed at Mr Abbott's suggestion he wanted to avoid a minority government, saying he couldn't govern without the Nationals.
She described his pitch for control of both houses as "incredible arrogance".
"I am confident that people are going to say if Liberal and Labor want total control of the parliament then they are shutting down democratic options."
Greens deputy leader Adam Bandt, the only party member in the lower house, believes he can still retain his seat of Melbourne, despite the Liberals preferencing him last.
Liberal preferences helped Mr Bandt wrest Melbourne from Labor in the 2010 election.
But Mr Bandt, who holds his seat by a six per cent margin, says Mr Abbott's bid to try and unseat the Greens won't work because his party aims to win the seat in their own right.
"It speaks volumes that Tony Abbott would rather have a Labor backbencher in the seat of Melbourne than me and I wear it as a badge of honour," he told reporters.
"Tony Abbott knows that a Labor backbencher will vote to cut single parent payments, to slash university funding, to keep refugees in indefinite detention.
"The Greens won't."
Mr Bandt said his party only needed a small primary vote boost - a swing of five per cent - to win Melbourne.
Senator Milne, meanwhile, rejected suggestions the preference move had also ruled out any chances the Greens had of winning the seats of Batman, in Victoria, and Grayndler, in Sydney.
"It was always going to be a hard task for us to win those seats, but I think Tony Abbott has made it really clear to the whole Australian community that the Greens are the real opposition," she told reporters in Sydney.
Senator Milne said she was also confident the Greens could retain Melbourne.
"It shows just how effective Adam Bandt has been," she told reporters in Sydney.
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