Who's Liberal? What's Labor? New bill to give established parties control of their names is full of holes
- Written by Graeme Orr, Professor of Law, The University of Queensland
Are the Liberals liberal? Does the Labor Party stand chiefly for those who labour? Electoral politics is nothing if not about wrapping ideas - about values and power - in words.
On Friday, the Morrison government introduced a Party Registration Integrity Bill to the Commonwealth parliament. The bill would...