Voice

And the transgressive nature of democracy

The departure of DjabWurrung Gunnai Gunditjmara Senator Lidia Thorpe to the crossbench—a development that is hardly unprecedented—brings into focus, once again, an abiding problem of contemporary politics, namely, the limitations of the whole idea of a political party.

For the record, I am impressed by what she has done, and I also think the Greens have …