Hopeless Shorty stuffs it up again. But let the people speak in deference of poor stunned's feelings.
Labor is now reeling from endless infighting and permanent internal conflicts - what a mess!!!Logical 1 hour agoLabor's raison d'etre has evaporated. The circular shenanigans and the pointless activities continue, along with the blather, but for how much longer. Lifelong Labor voters tell me they will never vote ALP again because they are clearly union controlled crooks, grown bloated from sucking on the tax-payer tit. But no one in that party is listening. Such is life.
Rob 379 3 hours agoMs Wong - failed former finance minister now in foreign affairs. Ms Plibersek - failed in foreign affairs person now in education. Good thing their unions dues are paid up - otherwise no job. Labor/Union politics.
Sean 7 hours ago That's some deal, for a "master deal maker".
Soon 9 hours agoThis is the repeat of Kim Beazley era. They will waffle on for the next three years and lose another election. People have stopped listening to Bill Shorten long time ago but now he has three tags, back stabber, unionist and now liar.
Imagine the next campaign, you don't even have to hire an advertising agency, put his face and those three tags together and people will remember why even this election Labor had the lowest primary vote ever and couldn't beat a dysfunctional coalition where its conservative voters abandoned them for One Nation. If Turnbull can take charge and unite the team, the next election will be a massacre for Labor.
Paul 2 days agoTanya Plibersek, Chris Bowen, Penny Wong, Tony Burke, Mark Butler, Jason Clare and Richard Marles..........what a bunch of union hacks and plodders.
Terry 2 days ago @Paul They should get a real job but with their prior work experience who would employ them?
Jim 1 day ago@Paul Add Bill Shorten and Connor. How many of Labor's Parliamentarians are ex-Union hacks or political staffers?
Rick 2 days ago Labor will always remain a prisoner to union bosses under its present constitution.
Labor's constitution makes every labor politician beholden to a union boss for their preselection. No labor politician can remain a politician unless they have the backing of a union boss. Labor doesn't promote on talent. It promotes on patronage.
Labor is rotten to the core and is unfit to govern.
Labor Party brawl fails to address need for renewalTroy Bramston Senior writer Sydney The Australian 12:00AM July 23, 2016
Labor’s larger 32-member frontbench, while promoting some new talent at the margins, remains a prisoner of union bosses and faction powerbrokers.A union pedigree and allegiance to a faction is the criteria for promotion rather than talent; few on Labor’s frontbench have not worked for the party or the unions, or as a political staffer.
Nevertheless, some of the party’s rising stars have been rewarded: Ed Husic, Sam Dastyari and Clare O’Neil, alongside the experienced Linda Burney.
But too many dinosaurs remain. There is little generational change. Frankly, it’s time Jenny Macklin, Doug Cameron and Claire Moore were put out to pasture. The promotion of Carol Brown is a retrograde step.
Labor must present a credible alternative government that can develop and prosecute policies while keeping the Coalition to account. This is made harder with many lacklustre shadow ministers.
The heavy lifting will still have to be done by senior frontbenchers Tanya Plibersek, Chris Bowen, Penny Wong, Tony Burke, Mark Butler, Jason Clare and Richard Marles.
The great hoax is that Labor’s frontbench is “elected” by caucus. In truth, it is stitched up by faction leaders in advance and given Bill Shorten’s blessing.
Yet the factions no longer divide on policy or philosophy. The divisions are about power and personality rather than principle.
Labor’s factions have broken down so much that there are now a dozen sub-factions vying for influence.
This was dramatically exposed by Anthony Albanese’s calculated and concerted push to dump his long-time factional enemy, Kim Carr, from frontbench. But Albanese spectacularly failed.
Albanese corralled most of the national Left to deny Carr one of the faction’s 14 allocated spots. However, the naked power play led to a split in the faction.
The party was electrified this week by talk of the Albanese-Carr feud. Albanese has not forgiven Carr for failing to support his leadership bid in 2013, but the dispute is as much about how the faction is run as it is about anything else.
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