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Button cited the case of a ‘rusted-on’ Labor voter who had been a member of his branch for 24 years, and who had participated in all the usual party activities of letterbox dropping, distributing how-to-vote cards on polling day, as well as promoting the party among her friends.
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A disclaimer: the author was once a member of the ALP.
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Warhurst’s definition of ‘working class’ is not clear. If he does not follow the author’s approach of including as working class white-collar process workers who do not exercise control over the production process, the figure may be somewhat higher. Indeed, this suspicion is heightened by the fact that elsewhere he argues that a quarter of ALP members are blue-collar workers, thus potentially conflating blue-collar workers with the working class (Parkin & Warhurst, 2000: 26).
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A satirical ABC television program, which is no longer on-air.
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Lavelle, A. (2018). Conclusion to Part IV: Flogging a Dead Horse—the Beazley Years (1996–2001). In: Opposition Vanishing. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5825-7_16
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