Bracks & Macklin updates

Dear Victorian Branch members, today marks the end of our period of Administration of the Victorian Branch of the ALP. The past twelve months have been difficult for all of us as Party members, not only as we dealt with the significant challenges our Party faced in response to the shocking … [Read more...] about Final Macklin–Bracks members’ update on VIC Labor reform 1 Feb 2021

Administrators Jenny Macklin and Steve Bracks wrote to Victorian ALP Branch members that on 27 November 2020, the ALP National Executive considered their final report, which made 37 recommendations to reform our Party. Macklin and Bracks wrote that: Download full copy of the report here [PDF … [Read more...] about Update from Jenny Macklin and Steve Bracks 27 Nov 2020

Dear fellow Labor member: We know we are writing at an extraordinary time when many of us are living under stress, and we witness the extraordinary work of our health and essential workers. It is just another reminder of how important it is to elect and support Labor Governments in their … [Read more...] about Update from Bracks & Macklin – 18 Sept 2020

Administrators Steve Bracks and Jenny Macklin wrote to Victorian branch members today saying:  Dear fellow Victorian Labor member, Our Party Platform speaks to our hopes as a Party of progress, and we seek change through the power of parliamentary democracy. We write today to … [Read more...] about Victorian Labor, progress & integrity – Administrator’s discussion paper – 27 Aug 2020

The early actions of party administrators Jenny Macklin and Steve Bracks are promising. They are communicating clearly with members, they have set out an ambitious agenda, and they are taking the first steps to achieve it. Party reformers have long argued that branch-stacking can be reduced by … [Read more...] about Bracks and Macklin back membership by ‘traceable means’

It is now eight weeks since we were appointed as Administrators of the Victorian Branch of the Australian Labor Party. In the middle of a once in a lifetime public health disaster, we have hit the ground running using the contemporary tools available to us. While we would have obviously … [Read more...] about Update from the Administrators Jenny Macklin and Steve Bracks – 18 Aug 2020

The Administrators have written wrote to all Victorian Party members to provide an opportunity to put their initial views based on the following four key questions: 1. as a matter of principle, what should be the reform priority for the Administrators? 2. what are the critical rule changes … [Read more...] about Key themes of Party reform from feedback to VIC ALP Administrators – June 2020