Milne proves Gillard sold her soul for nothing Christine Milne yesterday proved Julia Gillard sold her soul to the Greens for nothing in the most catastrophic decision of her political career. The Greens leader proved Gillard could have become Prime Minister in 2010 without signing the deal with the Greens that destroyed her credibility and wrecked Labor's chances at the next election. Here's Milne yesterday, announcing the deal Gillard signed with then Greens leader Bob Brown was over - but the Greens would nevertheless keep Labor in power: "Labor has effectively ended its agreement with the Greens," Senator Milne told the audience. But we will not allow Labor's failure to uphold the spirit of our agreement to advance the interests of Tony Abbott. We will not walk away from the undertakings we gave not only to the Prime Minister, but to the people of Australia, and that was to deliver confidence and supply until the Parliament rises for the election. Nothing more clearly proves what seemed clear - at least to me - from the day Gillard signed the wedding register with Brown: she could have had the Greens support for nothing. Milne has now proved there was no way on earth the Greens would have ever supported the Coalition instead. But in an astonishing misjudgment of her power and the Greens" weakness, Gillard in 2010 bought what she could have got free - and in doing so blew every bit of credibility she had left, plus billions of taxpayers" dollars. To buy off the Greens, Gillard agreed to a carbon tax, breaking her pre-election promise that "there will be no carbon tax under a government I lead" She gave the Greens access to Treasury briefings and weekly meetings with herself when Parliament was sitting. And as a sweetener, she added a $10 billion "clean energy" fund - wasting $10 billion she now desperately needs. The voters" trust in her has never recovered. Labor itself was weakened, made to look like a Greens" puppet. And the money she wasted... And now Milne confirms it was all for nothing.