@strypey @tekk Labor's lost political force is caused by exactly the same thing that cause the Black community's political force to decline.

They wed themselves to one of the #twin_parties, so that the other party never needed to respond to their concerns (no chance of earning their votes anyway), and then their chosen party realized it had their votes regardless of what it did, so then their chosen party also stopped pursuing policies that would benefit those constituencies.

If they want the parties to pay attention, they need to put their votes in play such that both parties have a shot at getting them.