The Liberal Party doesn't need a majority to inflict damage on our democracy

The threat and possibility of minority power

I just thought that the question they ought to ask was not “How can I make them like me?” but “How can I make them hear me?”

—Ellen Willis

There is this fantasy that the Liberal Party of Australia will somehow go back to their "moderate" roots, retake the teal seats, reassume dominance of "middle Australia", blah, blah, blah. This is unlikely to happen. T…