http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/13/constitutional-revolution-for-the-victorian-liberals/ now with extra source Sun, 12 Feb 2012 07:14:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/13/constitutional-revolution-for-the-victorian-liberals/#comment-8799 Paul Moritz Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-8799 All I can say to the Victorian Liberals is "welcome to the 1970's!" The "reforms" designed to "open up party processes" sound remarkably like the processes adopted by the Australian Democrats on their formation in 1977, and used throughout their 30 year history. The big question is, will the power-brokers in the Liberals let the party membership wield their newly-won influence? The second question is, tongue firmly in cheek, does this mean we can look forward to a decline of the Victorian Liberals to match that of the Democrats? All I can say to the Victorian Liberals is “welcome to the 1970’s!” The “reforms” designed to “open up party processes” sound remarkably like the processes adopted by the Australian Democrats on their formation in 1977, and used throughout their 30 year history. The big question is, will the power-brokers in the Liberals let the party membership wield their newly-won influence? The second question is, tongue firmly in cheek, does this mean we can look forward to a decline of the Victorian Liberals to match that of the Democrats?

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