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The impoverishment of the Tasmanian Liberal Party
Why Tasmania needs a better Liberal Party
(written for the Burnie Advocate, November 2000)
You might find this hard to believe but I was once determined to join the Liberal Party.
I was 10 and the Liberals were all I knew. For farming families like mine the Libs were seen as defenders of rural interests. Burr, Braid and Hope were names that popped up in every-day conversation as well as on ballot sheets.
A lot has changed since then, but I still have a strong interest in the state Liberal Party. Every Tasmanian with a stake in social reform should.
The Liberal Party here and interstate has shown itself capable of supporting and even sometimes initiating far reaching social reform. Indeed the credibility that the Liberal Party has amongst conservative voters has given their reforms a solidity and permanence that is sometimes lacking in the achievements of other parties.
The problem is that the Liberals so rarely turn their minds to change, and when they do their reaction is too often one of fear and suspicion.
The question that social reformers need to ask is, under what conditions does the Liberal Party give its imprimatur to progressive laws, policies and ideas.
Most of my Labor, Democrat, Green and public service friends would answer, "when it’s weak and divided and we can beat it into submission".
But they’re wrong.
The Liberal Party is most likely to participate in progressive reform when it is confident without being cocky, stable without being stagnant and when a broad range of opinion is openly expressed within party ranks.
This was a fair description of the Tasmanian Liberal Party when, during its latest term in government, it co-operated with the Greens by allowing gay law reform to pass and introducing an anti-discrimination bill. Without any prompting it initiated an anti-harassment policy in state schools.
Unfortunately the mood hasn’t lasted.
Confronted by a resurgent State Labor Party the Tasmanian Liberals have increasingly abandoned the middle ground and retreated to the right. At the same time their squabbles have grown more public and their leading figures more disillusioned.
But as much of a threat as a popular Labor Party may be, the greatest threat to the integrity of today’s State Liberal Party comes from within.
Senator Noel Creighton-Brown was once the strongman of the West Australian Liberal Party. He stacked branches with party members loyal to him, charmed and bullied pre-selection committees into chosing his prefered candidates and elevated his friends to positions of power within the party. It was easy do in a party with such a small membership.
Most significantly he recruited a large band of do-or-die supporters from Universities and Young Liberal branches by playing on the awe some young people have for Members of Parliament.
In the short-term Senator Creighton-Brown’s manipulations benefitted the WA Liberal Party by ending a long period of disarray. But over time it has become clear that the party and the state it still governs have been the losers.
Filled with mediocre and pliable men and women with little initiative and few original ideas, the WA Liberal Party has lost its momentum. It will probably lose the next WA election, but worse than that, it long ago lost the bright people and broad range of opinion every political party needs to stay relevant.
The same tragic course of events is unfolding in the Tasmanian Liberal Party.
In this state we’re familiar with political strongmen in both major parties, people like Robin Gray and Eric Reece. But as heavy handed as these fellows were, at least they were accountable as MPs and as leaders.
What we are seeing now in state Liberal ranks is the emergence of behind-the-scenes manipulators, determined to establish an iron grip over ever aspect of the Party, squash debate, purge those who dissent and establish slavish adherence to a single set of very conservative values.
Conservative or progressive, every Tasmanian should be concerned by these events. Centralisation of power within any political party impoverishes our entire political system, and in turn jeopardises the future of our state.
Rodney Croome
11.11.00
This article was written for the Burnie Advocate in November 2000.
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