When the Labor Party was first formed (which was either under a tree in Queensland or above a shop in Balmain in Sydney, depending on whom you talk to), it was the Socialist Workers Party. Somehow over time these two things, the socialist and the worker, have become separated. Socialism has morphed into progressivism and has become quite disparate from the working class. Thus the problem now with the Labor brand is that it speaks to two different audiences and is driven by two different sets of needs and ideologies. Is it a party for the workers or a party for the progressives? Can the same
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