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,along with the centre-right Liberal Party of Australia. The party has been in government since the 2022 federal election,and with political branches active in all the Australian states and territories,they currently hold government in New South Wales,South Australia,Victoria,Western Australia,and the Australian Capital Territory. As of 2024,Queensland,Tasmania and Northern Territory are the only states or territories where Labor currently forms the opposition. It is the oldest continuous political party in Australian history,having been established on 8 May 1901 at Parliament House,Melbourne;the meeting place of the first Federal Parliament.
Edward Gough Whitlam was the 21st prime minister of Australia,serving from December 1972 to November 1975. To date the longest-serving federal leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP),he was notable for being the head of a reformist and socially progressive government that ended with his controversial dismissal by the then-governor-general of Australia,Sir John Kerr,at the climax of the 1975 constitutional crisis. Whitlam remains the only Australian prime minister to have been removed from office by a governor-general.
The Australia Party was a minor centrist political party in Australia from 1969 to 1986. It was most influential in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
A crossbencher is a minor party or independent member of some legislatures,such as the British House of Lords and the Parliament of Australia. They take their name from the crossbenches,between and perpendicular to the government and opposition benches,where crossbenchers sit in the chamber.
Robert Francis McMullan is a former Australian politician. A member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP),he was a cabinet minister in the Keating government as Minister for Arts and Administrative Services (1993–1994) and Minister for Trade (1994–1996). He was a member of federal parliament for over 22 years,initially as a Senator for the Australian Capital Territory from 1988 to 1996 and then as a member of the House of Representatives from 1996 to 2010. Prior to entering parliament he was state secretary of the ALP in Western Australia from 1975 to 1981 and national secretary from 1981 to 1988.
The Australian Labor Party National Executive,often referred to as the National Executive,is the executive governing body of the Australian Labor Party (ALP),charged with directly overseeing the general organisation and strategy of the party. Twenty members of the National Executive are elected by the party's National Conference,which is the highest representative body of the party's state and territory branches. The other eight members are party ex-officio members.
Lang Labor was a faction of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) consisting of the supporters of Jack Lang,who served two terms as Premier of New South Wales and was the party's state leader from 1923 to 1939. It controlled the New South Wales branch of the ALP throughout most of the 1920s and 1930s. The faction broke away to form separate parliamentary parties on several occasions and stood competing candidates against the ALP in state and federal elections.
James McGirr was an Australian politician. He served as premier of New South Wales from 1947 to 1952,holding office as leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP). He led the party to victory at the 1947 and 1950 New South Wales state elections. He was a pharmacist by profession and the younger brother of Patrick and Greg McGirr,who were also members of parliament;Greg also led the ALP briefly but was never premier.
Wendy Frances Fatin is a retired Australian politician. She was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and was the first woman from Western Australia elected to the House of Representatives,representing the division of Canning (1983–1984) and Brand (1984–96). She held ministerial office in the Hawke and Keating governments,serving as Minister for Local Government (1990–1991),Minister assisting the Prime Minister for the Status of Women (1990–1993),and Minister for the Arts and Territories (1991–1993).
Manfred Douglas Cross was an Australian public servant and politician. He was educated at various state schools in Brisbane in Queensland before joining the Queensland public service and later,in 1961,becoming a member of the Australian House of Representatives for the Division of Brisbane.
The New South Wales Labor Party,officially known as the Australian Labor Party and commonly referred to simply as NSW Labor,is the New South Wales branch of the Australian Labor Party (ALP). The branch is the current ruling party in the state of New South Wales and is led by Chris Minns,who has served concurrently as premier of New South Wales since 2023.
William Fraser Dunn was a Labor Party politician and member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1910 until 1950. He served as Minister for Agriculture for eight years,as well as deputy leader and leader of the Labor Party in New South Wales.
Major Clarence Edward Martin was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1930 until 1932 and from 1939 until his death in 1953. He was variously a member of the Australian Labor Party (NSW),the Industrial Labor Party and the Labor Party (ALP). He was the Attorney General of New South Wales from 1941 until 1953 and also held the position of Minister for Transport for six months prior to his death.
John Wesley Seiffert was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1941 until his death in 1965. He was a member of the Labor Party (ALP),but stood at an Independent Labor candidate at the 1950 state election.
Kenneth George Wyatt is an Australian former politician. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 2010 to 2022,representing the Division of Hasluck for the Liberal Party. He is the first Indigenous Australian elected to the House of Representatives,the first to serve as a government minister,and the first appointed to cabinet.
Matthew James Thistlethwaite is an Australian politician. He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since 2013,representing the electorate of Kingsford Smith. Since 29 July 2024,Thistlethwaite has served as the Assistant Minister for Immigration in the ministry of Anthony Albanese.
A leadership election was held in October 2013 to select Kevin Rudd's replacement as leader of the Australian Labor Party and Leader of the Opposition. Bill Shorten was elected party leader,and Tanya Plibersek was later confirmed as deputy leader.
Patrick Martin Conroy is an Australian politician. He is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and the Labor Left faction and has been a member of the House of Representatives since 2013. He represented the Division of Charlton in New South Wales until its abolition in 2016,and since then has represented the Division of Shortland. He is currently the Minister for Defence Industry and Minister for International Development and the Pacific.
The Australian Labor Party National Conference,sometimes referred to as the National Party Conference or the Federal Conference,is the highest representative and decision-making body of the Australian Labor Party,incorporating all of the party’s state and territory branches. The National Conference takes place triennially and is hosted in Australian cities on a rotating basis. The 49th and most recent National Party Conference was held on the 17th to the 19th of August 2023 at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre and was attended by over 2,000 delegates.
John Edmund Duggan was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. He was the Deputy Premier of Queensland from 1953 until 1957 and Leader of the Opposition of Queensland from 1958 until 1966.
