Grattan on Friday: In defence of (some) political defiance
- Written by The Conversation Contributor
How far should party discipline go? Not as far as certain proponents of same-sex marriage would like it to go in the Liberal Party. Nor as far as federal Labor MP Nick Champion has advocated in relation to opposing the GST.
With federal parliament resuming next week, the political scene is already noisy and fractious. The choice of former Army...