I can't believe the tripe you have posted here and in the Rudd v Gillard thread. Do you really think the ALP are the champions of Oz politics? Surely you are not that naive. Both parties are a joke atm and to suggest that Labor are not is nothing short of delusional.
You misunderstand. I did not say that the ALP are "champions" of Oz politics, (whatever that means).
I am simply stating a fact that if you want to undertake serious study in Australian Politics (the proper way not just google), you will find that the vast, vast amount of published information about Australian politics is by or about those in the Labor Movement. That is just fact.
The "liberal" party and their predecessors don't give anything much away, so to speak. This is because the "liberal" parties real constituency are the "big-end of-town" and the squattocracy and THEIR political party is the "Liberal" Party and their function is to maximise profits for this constituency and maintain it's power and influence in the face of those who sell their labour and want a bit more for their efforts both financially and socially.
The ALP is founded in unionism in the same way that the UAP/Liberal Parties etc were founded by the anti-labour forces. That is the way it has been since Australia was settled by white fella and as a function of this, the Labour Movement are only too pleased to "put out there" their ideals and ideas and how they have struggled to "get them up" where as the conservatives, it's all hush hush old boy!
Don't be offended, that's the way it is, for better or for worse. I'd love to read accounts of what was happening in Australia between the 1920's and 60's from a "liberal" perspective by a "liberal" or about the "liberals", I'd love to read what happened during the '70's from a "liberal" perspective but what is published is very, very scarce.
If you would just consider this for a moment, in 30 years time, someone who is interested in what happened during 2007 and 2015, they would find many published accounts by contemporary Labour people of this period but next to none from the others players in politics during this time. If you don't believe me, go and have a look.
Further, just think what would Australia look like today if the "big-end-of-town" had managed to quell and then extinguish the early agitations of the Labour Movement and remained in power unbroken?