Wednesday 16 November 2022 07:17 AM Greens have five demands from Dan Andrews if he is forced into a coalition ... trends now

The Greens will push for rent controls and bans on gas projects and logging if Daniel Andrews is forced to coalition with them.

Labor is expected to heavily favoured to win the November 26 Victorian election, but the left-wing party is eyeing key inner-Melbourne seats.

Underperformance by Labor may give the Greens the balance of power and force the premier to unite with them to form government.

Victorian Greens leader Samantha Ratnam said Victoria was heading into what could be a historic state election.

'More and more Victorians are moving away from the major parties and indicating they intend to vote Greens,' she said.

'This is because they want a strong, progressive crossbench that can hold the government to account.

'If Labor isn’t able to form a majority government, they will need to work with the Greens to ensure progressive reform.'

Ms Ratnam said her party had five main priorities should that result come to pass, which Mr Andrews would likely gave to give significant ground on.

First the Greens, like their federal counterparts, want a blanket ban on all new gas exploration as part of the party's climate policy.

Australia is suffering through an energy crisis as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, with gas prices skyrocketing here and abroad.

However, new gas projects would take years to come online, by which time the cost of living would have returned to normal.