Keeping one eye open
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Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Politics is a dirty business. Until you have been a member of a political party and seen the deals that are done, it is difficult to see how factions control everything. Power is concentrated in the hands of one or two faction or union leaders who use political parties to pursue their own self-interest. In the case of the Australian Labor Party and WA Labor, every preselection is a deal between the "Left" or "Broad Left" faction and the "Right" faction. Candidates are groomed from a young age to accept deals as part of the process. Any person with honesty is excluded from the political party and preselection.The major unions in the"Left" faction of the Labor Party are United Voice, AMWU, CEPU, CFMEU and MUA (Maritime union). The major unions in the "Right" faction of the Labor Party are AWU, SDA and TWU. The factions regularly ignore the rules of their own political party to achieve their goals. They control every process that may lead to change including rule changes, preselection and the policy of the parties. They will parachute their own candidates, and often themselves, into safe seats. There is no "merits-based" process. Candidates are handpicked or selected as "captain's picks" by the faction leaders.Most candidates are party hacks, officials or staffers whose only goal is to enter politics at any cost. They often have no professional qualifications and no local connections. People who are "yes men" and who have "done their time" in a faction or union are preferred over any person who is not affiliated with a faction and who has professional or personal ethics.There are many examples of factions in the WA Labor Party doing deals. United Voice did a deal with Joe Bullock to put him in the Senate and Simone McGurk in the State electorate or seat of Fremantle and, in the process, removing local favourite Louise Prat
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