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Why party preselections are still a mess, and the courts haven't helped

  • Written by Graeme Orr, Professor of Law, The University of Queensland
Why party preselections are still a mess, and the courts haven't helpedAAP/Darren England

You join a political party. Its rules are over 100 pages long. And that’s only for your state division. There’s also an overarching “federal” party constitution.

Good, you think. Parties run parliament, our lawmakers should be be governed by rules about selecting candidates or expelling party members. But...

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