A Labor-Greens government has been dismissed by the opposition, with Labor confident it can form a majority government in its own right.
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Labor Leader Anthony Albanese played down the likelihood of a Labor-Greens government saying the partnership was "nonsense". "I've ruled that out completely on multiple occasions," he said.
"I'm hoping to form a majority Labor government, that is what we're aiming for, we're the only political party that can form a government in our own right."
Despite a positive relationship between the two parties, which has seen Greens preferences flow to Labor, Mr Albanese said co-run governments were sub-optimal.
"The liberals and Nationals have their coalition, that's pretty messy frankly," he said.
Tasmanian psephologist Dr Kevin Bonham said Mr Albanese's comments were intended to appease voters who were wary of another minority government.
"They don't want speculation about a possible minority government supported by the Greens," he said. "They know that such a thing will be unpopular with voters and they want to discourage voters from thinking that it will occur."
Although Mr Albanese said a coalition government was off-the-cards, he did not rule out a preference deal with the Greens.
"We haven't made any preference arrangements with anyone at this point in time, we'll wait till the nominations close, that'll be a decision for the organisation,"
If Labor form a majority government, Dr Bonham said the party would still need to work with the Greens in the upper house.
"It's extremely likely that if Labor takes government that the Greens will hold the balance of power in the Senate, it may be that the Greens would hold it solely, or it could be that they hold it in conjunction with somebody else," he said.
Greens senator for Tasmania, Peter Whish-Wilson said the decision to form a majority government was outside of Labor's control.
"The government is beholden to voters and right now polling is telling us that neither major party would form government in its own right - it's not what the people want," he said.
"For Labor to win in their own right, they're going to need a swing that they've only got once in the last 20 years.
"It's a very likely outcome that we would be a power-sharing parliament, and that's certainly going to be the case in the Senate.
Dr Bonham said while the Greens may dominate the senate, he was less certain of their power in the lower house.
"The Greens are going on about a possible hung parliament, but they're overstating the likelihood of it based on current polling," he said.
"Even if there was a hung parliament they'd probably not necessarily hold the balance of power themselves, Labor could work with independence."