BRUCE HAWKER

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Bruce Hawker is a leading campaign manager with 30 years experience advising leaders in business and politics. As MD of Campaigns & Communications, Bruce manages crises and plans and executes communications campaigns.

Forced reform may backfire on Liberals

This op-ed was originally posted in today's Sydney Morning Herald and coincides with the ALP national conference.

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Lessons for Labor

Modern, democratic political parties in Europe and North America, like the Labour Party in the UK and Canada’s New Democratic Party, involve party members directly in the election of party leaders. In Canada, at least, this approach is working with the NDP increasing its membership and winning seats in the Canadian legislature. Political leadership is central to the success of a political party but the enduring strength of a party comes from the involvement and ideas of members and [...]

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@nobodysmuppet demand a series of debates leading up to the election. Media should play a role here. Look at US and UK as precedents.

07 June 2013 09:56:52

Compulsory electoral funding steers politics away from the people http://t.co/kKEUcwEjVs #auspol

07 June 2013 07:27:33

@MikeCarlton01 @apache_2005 "Always the anonymous halfwit with the wild west avatar". They're the people who once scrawled on toilet walls.

07 June 2013 00:15:03