Independents could cause an upset to ALP

Mr David Horsfall mentions in his letter of December 19 that today’s ALP is not the Party it was in 1972.

Indeed, I think that NSW Labor has never been able to learn from its past mistakes.

For example, it was a Labor government that removed Sydney’s first trams in 1961, an act regarded as one of Australia’s greatest transport sins.

Yet NSW Labor is still opposed to expanding Sydney’s present tram (aka “Light Rail”) system, despite the new system being a runaway success.

I’m sure that any ALP member who proposed it would have to go to Confession and undergo a cleansing ceremony at Trades Hall!

Labor’s destructive 1950s “my Party right or wrong” attitude was on full display when it excommunicated Senator Payman over her crossing the Floor of the Senate over Palestinian statehood.

Whenever Labor goes “Liberal Lite” it usually ends up defeated at the following election.

I don’t think The Greens will ever be a real threat locally to Labor or Liberal; the TEAL Independents though may be a different story.

If, as predicted, they run candidates in local marginal seats, they could cause an upset.

Watch this space.

Email, Dec 30
Bruce Stafford, Tascott