The treatment of Senator Fatima Payman by the Labor Party shines a light on the brutal nature of party politics

Is this really how we want to run the country?

I guess most people can understand the basic concept, that if you join a club or a party or an organisation, you are obliged to play by the rules of that club or party or organisation; that in agreeing to join, you give up a certain level of autonomy and you don’t get to complain about being disciplined if you break the rules.

It’s their party and they’l…