Joel Fitzgibbon says rank and file ballots for Labor leader should be scrapped
- Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Rebel federal backbencher Joel Fitzgibbon says Labor should scrap the rank and file’s role in electing the leader, returning all the power to the caucus.
Fitzgibbon, speaking on Sky, said introducing the system that divides power in electing the leader between the caucus and the party membership on a 50-50 basis had been “a...





