View from The Hill: two ministers and the Nationals discover the limits of loyalty in politics
- Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Labor’s extraordinary election result has triggered a power play that has exposed the uglier entrails of Labor factionalism.
Even before the new caucus met in Canberra on Friday, the Labor right had dumped two of its cabinet ministers: Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus and Industry Minister Ed Husic. Dreyfus is from the Victorian right, Husic...