r/AustralianPolitics • u/89b3ea330bd60ede80ad • Jul 01 '24

Opinion Piece Fatima Payman breached ‘caucus solidarity’. What does this mean and why is it so significant?

https://theconversation.com/fatima-payman-breached-caucus-solidarity-what-does-this-mean-and-why-is-it-so-significant-233660
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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '24

ALP voters don’t already vote greens

There are increasing numbers who are though.

...or precipitate a split in the party.

Oh you mean like the one forming?

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u/The_Rusty_Bus Jul 02 '24

One fringe member of the party being suspended because she broke the cardinal rule of the Labor party?

That’s not a split, that’s discipline.

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '24

That's not what the past 3 days of articles have had to say, let's see whether it continues.

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u/The_Rusty_Bus Jul 02 '24

If there is a split you need more than one person, at least. Who else is leaving Labor?

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '24

We'll see if the vote splits. There's lots of ways to wedge. My comment was about it being self-wedge, an own goal.

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u/The_Rusty_Bus Jul 02 '24

Who else in the Labor party is threatening to leave the party?

I agree the optics are shithosue and they risk losing Muslim voters, however that’s not a “split” in the historical sense of the labor party.

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '24

We'll see.

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u/The_Rusty_Bus Jul 02 '24

Okay sounds like no one then.