That is precisely why Democrats should resist reading Tuesday’s result as a major electoral realignment or even repudiation of Donald Trump.
This is no longer about defensiveness. It’s about whether the government is prepared to look at uncomfortable intersections between security, migration and public funding.
For a political party that always claims the moral high ground, the Greens, in a cynical chase for votes, abandoned the very principles they claim to champion.
The Allan government must now enforce existing laws, reform the permit system for protests, and prosecute hate speech.
