Marshall is part of a small breakaway group from the left that formed their own sub-faction in response to a push post-election by key national left figures to dump Carr, the veteran factional powerbroker from Victoria, from the left's front bench lineup for the new parliament.
Until the left figures this out, they're going to continue to lose elections and blame their losses on the gullibility of the masses.
Left figures also supported improving the operation of the party's current affirmative action targets for preselections, and moving towards a goal of 50% female representation.
Some left figures see boat turnbacks as a red-line issue, and they want the platform amended to ensure a future Labor government would not, under any circumstances, turn asylum boats back to Indonesia.
In highlighting the absurd ways in which intellectual copyright has overreached, Hyde brings to mind such iconic Copy Left figures as Lawrence Lessig, a constitutional-law scholar at Stanford.
Some left figures are pushing for greater emphasis on a regional approach to asylum seekers, including regional processing along the lines mapped out in the 2012 report prepared by a panel headed by former defence chief Angus Houston.
