Why political parties must have diversity in membership
In September 2009 in the midst of a review of branch stacking in the Labor Party I wrote that: “If the new cultural elite succeed in narrowing the party’s base, the ALP will lose its relevance as a broad-based party representing working people and their interests.” Eleven years on and the Labor Party has just gone through yet another branch stacking review following the public airing of the shocking behaviour of Adem Somyurek and others who allegedly were involved in practices that have no place in the Labor Party. Labor appointed party elders, Steve Bracks and Jenny Macklin, to conduct...
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