Two earlier schisms divided the parliamentary party. This time it’s Labor MPs who have split from the people who vote for them.
The Labor Party has gone through two splits in its history. And while it might not know it yet – it’s now going through its third. Conscription was the cause of the first split in 1916; communism the cause of the second in 1955; and culture is the cause of the split occurring at the moment.
The short-term and medium-term political repercussions for Anthony Albanese of the defeat of the referendum are hugely significant. There are no parallels between Anthony Albanese’s Voice referendum loss in 2023 and Bob Hawke’s referendum losses in 1984 and 1988. For one thing, Hawke understood Australia – Albanese doesn’t.has made the Voice the centrepiece of his first-term agenda.
Sitting on a TV panel during the referendum count on Saturday night, Communications Minister Michelle Rowland, who is also president of the NSW branch of the ALP, said something revealing: “I don’t think I’ve met a single person in the Labor Party who doesn’t support this either.”
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