Ministers and factional heavyweights worked behind closed doors to squash an attempted revolt over Israel and Gaza.
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The amendment would commit federal Labor to remove the barriers to allow state law to work unfettered.
The outgoing Labor president explains why no votes can be taken for granted in a time of ‘anxiety and insecurity’.
One person said it’s crucial people who’ve experienced homelessness are central to service design and policy, and ‘it’s not coming from people in really nice suits’.
On election night, the prime minister talked about ‘fairness’ and ‘Australian values’. To legally protect those values, we need a national human rights act.
New research reveals a growing number of Australians are encountering political misinformation and disinformation in the election campaign and are worried about it.
If recent trends continue, about half of all voters could cast their ballots before election day, May 3. How is early voting changing the way candidates campaign?
Almost half of candidates contesting this election are women. But for the major parties, women are still more likely to be picked for harder to win seats than men.
The cost-of-living crisis means more Australians are going without adequate food. The growing problem must be tackled by a promised food security strategy.
The CLP has won majority government in an election that saw the Labor Chief Minister lose government and her own seat.
We asked thousands of people what issues are most important to them. While the top priorities are the same as in 2022, if we look a bit deeper, what Australians care about is shifting.
Polling indicates Kamala Harris’s candidacy has tightened the US presidential race. At home, the numbers are a mixed bag for the government.
The Australian Labor Party has been around for more than a century. In that time, very few MPs have crossed the floor. Why does it matter so much that one did?
After last-minute deliberations between Labor powerbrokers and unions, the AUKUS pact was endorsed by the ALP at its national conference this Friday
He says factional dominance causes unnecessary division, with the risk of forcing new recruits to the party into an “uncomfortable choice”
As they fight for the affections of the same voters, the two parties have engaged in a particularly nasty debate over housing.
Delivering the Lowitja O'Donoghue Oration in Adelaide the Prime Minister will say the coming referendum, to be held later this year, “can be a moment of Australian unity”.
The Labor Party will hold its national conference in Brisbane. Coincidentally, the venue is in the electorate of Griffith, which Labor lost to the Greens in 2022
In this podcast, Labor MP Julian Hill joins Michelle Grattan to discuss the job market and getting people into work, artificial intelligence, Julian Assange, and TikTok.
The infrastructure pipeline includes rail and road projects in the capitals as well as rail and road construction and upgrades in regional and outback areas
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