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The Australian Labor Party (ALP), also known simply as Labor or the Labor Party, is the major centre-left political party in Australia and one of two major parties in Australian politics, [7] along with the centre-right Liberal Party of Australia.
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 ...
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 ...
The Australian Labor Party (Anti-Communist) was formed as a result of a split in the Australian Labor Party (ALP) which began in 1954. [14] The split was between the party's national leadership, under the then party leader Dr H. V. Evatt , and the majority of the Victorian branch, which was dominated by a faction composed largely of ...
The leader of the Australian Labor Party is the highest political office within the federal Australian Labor Party (ALP). Leaders of the party are chosen from among the sitting members of the parliamentary caucus either by members alone or with a vote of the party’s rank-and-file membership.
The Labor Party is commonly described as a social democratic party and its constitution stipulates that it is a democratic socialist party. [4] The party was created by, and has always been influenced by, the trade unions, and in practice Labor politicians regard themselves as part of the broader labour movement and tradition.
Australia's Labor Party will form the country's next government after winning the support of two independent lawmakers, ending two weeks of uncertainty following national elections. Labor will ...
The Territory Labor Party, [a] officially known as the Australian Labor Party (Northern Territory Branch) and commonly referred to simply as Territory Labor, is the Northern Territory branch of the Australian Labor Party. [6] It has been led by Selena Uibo, the first Aboriginal woman to lead a major political party in Australia, since 3 ...