by BETTINA ARNDT – THE last time I spoke at Sydney University, the riot squad had to be called in to protect my audience from a baying mob of feminist activists trying to close the speech down. They didn’t like the fact…
TENSIONS are building within political parties as branches push back against yuppie recruits who believe taxpayers owe them lifestyle. Young people are increasingly using open aggression and underhanded tactics to force their way into paid political positions.
FACTIONAL heavyweights are exploiting a legal loophole to launch a hostile and sometimes bloody take-over of the NSW Liberal Party’s candidate selection process.
POLITICAL punch-ups are part of the territory and have been since before Julius Caesar was done over in 44BC during a senate meeting. Australian, Romanian, Ukrainian and almost all other politicians “get into it” on a surprisingly regular basis. And they’re almost…
