Today, Labor waved the Coalition’s cowardly electoral laws described in these pages 11 days ago designed to strangle smaller parties and castrate the Liberal Democrats on the libertarian front and the New Liberals on the left through the Senate.

The quid pro quo? Presumably, Labor hope bans on use of words like “Liberal” or “Labor” by other entities will let it hit back at the DLP and anyone attempting to seize the Workers’ Flag.