ALLAN PATIENCE. Base politics or incredibly clumsy policing?

October 25, 2017

Police raids on political parties or associated institutions at any time should raise concerns – and the hackles - among democratically minded citizens. The recent raids on AWU offices in Sydney and Melbourne, seemingly in search for “dirt” on Bill Shorten’s time as head of the Union, should be ringing alarm bells. Are the police acting independently, as our weak Prime Minister claims? Is this an attempt to silence one of the country’s most effective political advocacy groups - to wit, GetUp!? Are the federal police seeking to curry favour with an incumbent government by going after the Leader of...