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Labor: the party of the workers – or the woke?

20 August 2020

2:16 PM

20 August 2020

2:16 PM

Labor might need to split into two separate parties if it is to represent workers as well as inner-city poodle pulling latte sippers, according to veteran parliamentarian Joel Fitzgibbon.

Admittedly, Fitzgibbon didn’t quite put it like that.

But he was clear that Labor would struggle to represent both workers and the privileged, tertiary educated, public sector employed elites who sneer at them while riding on their backs.

Okay, the shadow minister for agriculture and resources didn’t exactly frame it in those terms.

But he was alluding to how difficult it was for Labor to win the hearts of workers while spending all their time...

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