'Balmain basket weavers' strike again, tearing the Liberal Party apart
- Written by Judith Brett, Emeritus Professor of Politics, La Trobe University
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The Liberal Party seems to be falling for “Balmain basket weavers” syndrome. This is what Paul Keating called Labor members who put ideological conviction ahead of electoral success. It was a problem that had bedevilled Labor in various forms since it split in the first world war, when Prime...
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