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Labor's constitution has long stated: "The Australian Labor Party is a democratic socialist party and has the objective of the democratic socialisation of industry, production, distribution and exchange, to the extent necessary to eliminate exploitation and other anti-social features in these fields". [59]
The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It is organised into a national organisation as well as a branch in each state and territory, as follows: [3] Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch) Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch) Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch) Australian Labor Party (Western Australian ...
A two-party system has existed in the Australian House of Representatives since the two non-Labor parties merged in 1909. The 1910 election was the first to elect a majority government, with the Australian Labor Party concurrently winning the first Senate majority.
The politics of Australia has a mild two-party system, with two dominant political groupings in the Australian political system, the Australian Labor Party and the Liberal/National Coalition. Federally, 17 of the 151 members of the lower house (Members of Parliament, or MPs) are not members of major parties, as well as 21 of the 76 members of ...
Australia: Socialist Labor Party Industrial Socialist Labor Party United Labour Party (S.A., 1891–1917) see ALP history
With the exception of South Australia, every state and territory of Australia has had a female head of government, all but three of whom have represented the Australian Labor Party. They are: Australian Capital Territory: Rosemary Follett 1989, 1991–1995 (first territory and first jurisdiction) Kate Carnell 1995–2000; Katy Gallagher 2011–2014
Non-local parties refers to parties in each state or territory that endorse candidates for local elections, but do not exclusively operate at a local level. This differs in each jurisdiction, with the Australian Labor Party and the Liberal Party of Australia only contesting in certain states. [2]
Pages in category "Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Australia" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 772 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .