Let us now begin … Race Mathews writes a gripping story of the Victorian intervention 1970. He urges ALP members to secure the reinstatement of democracy and the rule of law within the party, and ensure that it is passed on unimpaired to those who come after us.
‘By the early nineteen-sixties, frustration within the Party over the incompetence and authoritarianism of the TUDC (Trade Unionists’ Defence Committee) was acute…’
‘The Australian Labor Party (ALP) needs to remain mindful of the circumstances and shortcomings that denied it office from the middle -1950s federally until 1972 and until 1982 in Victoria…’
‘The 1970 Federal Intervention and dismissal of the TUDC dominated Victorian Executive (lead to} the subsequent comprehensive re-writing of the party rules and adoption of proportional representation voting for Party office cleared the way for the election of the Whitlam, Hawke and Keating governments…’
Read the article Let us now begin’
Related readings
A cancerous corruption is eating the ALP – by Race Mathews, Pearls & Irritations, 7 Nov 2015
ALP Federal Intervention 1970 – by Bob Murray, The Recorder
Race Mathews: former Principal Private Secretary to Gough Whitlam, local government councillor, Federal MP, Victorian MP and minister and academic. Joined the ALP in 1956.
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