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Are the Greens Big Enough to Let Good Policy Prevail?

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
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The long-term goal of the Australian Greens is to replace the ALP as the dominant progressive party and one day form government. Not to have this aim would be to consign itself to the political margins.

The strategy is to take votes and seats from the Labor Party. In pursuit of this strategy the Greens have at times agreed not to...

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Labor struggles with the sticky paper of penalty rates

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor

Normally it is the Coalition that is on the defensive over industrial relations at election time, with Labor claiming workers' rights are under threat from the conservatives. But currently Labor finds itself on the back foot, having to defend itself against the allegation it is not guaranteeing it would protect the existing, tiered penalty rates...

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