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Australia’s Parliament has resumed after the center-left Labor Party won one of the nation’s largest-ever majorities in the ...
Labor will keep the portrait of disgraced former leader Mark Latham in their Parliament House party room, a move defended by ...
A former Labor MP who has launched a $2.3m lawsuit against South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas was earlier found ...
The 48th parliament is about to begin. Here’s who will be there, what’s on the agenda, and the political and policy ...
The Australian Labor Party (ALP; sometimes simply Labor) is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election.
A responsible Labor Party in Australia today must recognize the need for building Australian defenses, economically and politically. While exploring seriously the hopes of peaceful settlement with ...
Gillard managed to persuade sufficient independent lawmakers to support her center-left Labor Party to form the first minority government in the House of Representatives in 67 years.
The Australian Labor Party, currently led by Anthony Albanese, has been around since the 1890s. With the election just weeks away, SBS explains a bit more about the party.
Australia most recent hung parliaments were from 2010-13, and during World War II. The minor Australian Greens party appeared to have increased its representation from a single seat to three.
Australian Manufacturing Workers Union Victorian Secretary Tony Mavromatis addressing the ALP conference. A resolution entitled “Tripartism—Labor at its best” passed without opposition.
Labor has long been seen as the party of bold policy platforms, while the Coalition has played more of a consolidating role. The next election will determine if those characterisations still hold.
5 April 2021 One of the most revealing features of last week’s Australian Labor Party national conference was the enthusiastic support of the trade unions for the ramping-up of plans for war.