Important Victorian Labor State Conference rules changes affecting local Branch operations - State Office is yet to advise Branch Executives of those changes. Changes around members starting their 24 month qualification period at Branch meetings: These important Victorian Labor State … [Read more...] about Victorian Labor State Conference rules changes
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A More Competitive Labor Party
The good and the bad about ALP factions: creating a more competitive Labor Party, where NOT being in a faction is as valid a choice as joining a faction. A speech by Andrew Leigh MP ACT Federal Member at the Per Capita John Cain luncheon, 19 July 2023. Per Capita's recording of John Cain … [Read more...] about A More Competitive Labor Party
Good results for VIC non-aligned National Conference delegates & other ALP election news
Sincere thanks to all those who supported the independent / non-aligned National Conference delegates in the just completed election. We had a good outcome. The team: myself (Eric Dearricott), Janet McCalman, Hamdi Ali and Kimberley Wheeler are most grateful to those who supported us so … [Read more...] about Good results for VIC non-aligned National Conference delegates & other ALP election news
Labor preselections trampled both guilty and innocent
Bill Kelty, ACTU Secretary from 1983–2000, writes in the Age that on 13 December the VIC Labor preselections trampled both guilty and innocent in a journey of authoritarianism & factionalism that Labor may long regret. On 13 December, ALP members were chosen to run for office without … [Read more...] about Labor preselections trampled both guilty and innocent
Reclaim Our Party – unfair preselections likely for ALP state candidates
We ask the ALP National Executive to stop the unfair preselections likely for ALP Victorian state candidates! Open Labor and the Independents have today sent out an urgent open letter to supporters on behalf of the Reclaim Our Party forum. The letter (20 Dec. 2021) reads: Dear Labor … [Read more...] about Reclaim Our Party – unfair preselections likely for ALP state candidates
Reclaim Our Party – requests to ALP National Executive
The recent Reclaim Our Party forum called by the Independents and Open Labor calls on the ALP National Executive to undertake urgent actions in response to the IBAC inquiry into the activities of Adem Somyurek and the “Moderate” faction. Jenny Beacham, former Victorian ALP State Secretary gave … [Read more...] about Reclaim Our Party – requests to ALP National Executive
Reclaim Our Party – online forum
There was a big online presence to the Reclaim Our Party forum, hosted by Open Labor and the Victorian independents 1 Dec 2021. At the recent IBAC hearings, Adam Somyurek claimed that everyone in Labor was corrupt. The Age agreed with him. Whilst none of us would agree that there are no good … [Read more...] about Reclaim Our Party – online forum
Vale Stuart Macintyre – a history warrior for a better Australia
Stuart Macintyre - a history warrior who worked for a better Australia. He has gone. To those whose lives touched his, an Australian history community without him seems hugely empty. Three obituaries: Janet McCalman from The Conversation and by Brian Aarons & Tim Rowse from Search … [Read more...] about Vale Stuart Macintyre – a history warrior for a better Australia
Educational divide threatens to split left
Culture wars threaten the left as the university-educated come to dominate the modern left, identity seems to be replacing class as its ideological touchstone. This is critical for Labor. The educational divide that threatens to split the left – by James Button, The Age, 22 Nov 2021 Reprinted … [Read more...] about Educational divide threatens to split left
Organised factions must be outlawed
Dennis Glover writes that "organised factions must be outlawed "in his submission to the Macklin-Bracks Review. He writes: "The ALP is no longer a party; it is a web of factional power." My 38 years of experience working at the highest levels of the party lead me to conclude that the detailed … [Read more...] about Organised factions must be outlawed