http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/sam-dastyari/ Sam is the NSW Labor General Secretary. He joined the Labor Party following the Republican Referendum in 1999 and has a passion for social policy and economics. Sam has been the General Secretary of the Australian Labor Party (NSW Branch) since April 2010, having previously held the positions of Assistant General Secretary and State Organiser. Prior to joining the NSW Labor Party Office, Sam was a business communications consultant. He has extensive Campaign experience and has been a Campaign Manager for Candidates at Local, State and Federal elections. en Copyright 2013 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:00:10 +0000 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:00:10 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/labor-is-getting-its-mojo-back/ This week the Labor Party did what it does best – reassert itself as the champion of the centre, the custodian of the middle, the minder for the mainstream. It has been a fascinating and exciting week. Over 200 new people joined the Labor Party and there was a buzz of enthusiasm, even optimism, throughout the membership that frankly has been missing in recent times. Last weekend I sparked off an internal (but carbon neutral) firestorm by saying Labor should reconsider its preference relationship with the Greens.  My reasoning was simple - don’t for one minute believe that the Greens are Labor’s friend. They are like the Tories, they serve themselves first. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Sam Dastyari) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/labor-is-getting-its-mojo-back/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/labor-is-getting-its-mojo-back/#item8982 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 20:00:55 +0000 Sam Dastyari | Author bios | The Punch