Sam Benson for Batman and Australia': labor pre-selection problems, the ethnic vote and the ghost of Benson Allen, Lyle 10.4225/03/590bfc088b547 https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/journal_contribution/Sam_Benson_for_Batman_and_Australia_labor_pre-selection_problems_the_ethnic_vote_and_the_ghost_of_Benson/4975967 The 1995 battle for Batman has held the public's attention for some months. Two local candidates for ALP pre-selection have been disappointed and, thanks to support by Canberra-based members of the Party, an outsider - Martin Ferguson - has won. This struggle can be seen as an odd echo from the 1960s when the ALP Victorian Central Executive twice intervened in pre-selections in Batman. Ethnicity was an issue then as now, but the context was very different. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s 2017-05-05 04:13:59 Australia monash:63740 1039-4788 journal article Elections Racial discrimination Politicians Social conditions 1959.1/482585 Political parties Ethnic groups