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Leading article Australia

Flat White & the NSW Libs

3 August 2019

9:00 AM

3 August 2019

9:00 AM

When a political party ignores its base, it will turn elsewhere. The base, that usually is. But, innovators always, the powers that be in the New South Wales Liberals struck off in new directions this week. They ignored the base, dumping it, without ordinary party members knowing what was going on, and went on a dalliance themselves with Sydney independent MP Alex Greenwich.

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