What are Labors factions, what is a faction, what do they do and why do they matter so much, and who's who in the federal parliament. [External link to Sydney Morning Herald - may be behind pay wall] Related reading Locking out the Left: the emergence of national factions in Labor – … [Read more...] about What are Labors factions & who’s who – by James Massola SMH 14 Feb 2021
Members, branches & factions
Macklin-Bracks: reform recommendations & the Victorian ALP – first response from Eric Dearricott – 29 Nov 2020
Macklin-Bracks reform recommendations for VIC Labor: some initial thoughts from Eric Dearricott (Secretary Victorian Labor Independents and 'about to be retrenched Admin Committee member'). Tomorrow (30/11/2020) the ALP National Executive will consider the recommendations of Jenny Macklin and … [Read more...] about Macklin-Bracks: reform recommendations & the Victorian ALP – first response from Eric Dearricott – 29 Nov 2020
VIC Labor expels hundreds after review into branch-stacking – by Richard Willingham ABC 26 Nov 2020
An initial ABC report on the recommendations arising from the Macklin-Bracks review into branch-stacking of the Victorian ALP notes more than 1,700 Victorian Labor members have been expelled in an attempt to clean up the branch stacking. The audit 13,000 Victorian members is not yet finished. … [Read more...] about VIC Labor expels hundreds after review into branch-stacking – by Richard Willingham ABC 26 Nov 2020
Macklin-Bracks: weeding the stacks was never going to be easy – 23 Oct 2020
The Age has reported some ALP branch raw numbers of members who had not renewed their membership and Eric Dearricott reflects on these numbers, saying weeding the stacks was never going to be easy. He writes: Criteria for inclusion in The Age list (see below) wasn’t clear – it could have been 50+ … [Read more...] about Macklin-Bracks: weeding the stacks was never going to be easy – 23 Oct 2020
Is the current ALP branch structure fit for purpose? Submission to Macklin-Bracks review from Sarina Greco – Oct 2020
Is the current Victorian ALP branch structure fit for purpose 2020 and beyond? Sarina Greco responds to Q3.1 of the Macklin-Bracks ALP reform enquiry. Members should be aware a rule change being considered to change from the current branch rule that members must be part of a branch in the federal … [Read more...] about Is the current ALP branch structure fit for purpose? Submission to Macklin-Bracks review from Sarina Greco – Oct 2020
Somyurek’s Labor branch memberships crash – by Paul Sakkal & Nick McKenzie, The Age, 8 Oct 2020
Adem Somyurek goes 'dark' as his moderates Labor branch memberships crash following the federal Labor intervention into the Victorian ALP Branch [External link to article] Springvale branch went from 95 to 5, Casey Central branch from 111 to 41 and Endeavour Hills branch from 112 to … [Read more...] about Somyurek’s Labor branch memberships crash – by Paul Sakkal & Nick McKenzie, The Age, 8 Oct 2020
ALP branch reform – the NZ Labour membership model – Sept 2020
Pauline Brown asks if the NZ Labour membership model could inform questions raised by the Macklin-Bracks reform discussion paper: how to honour the reasons people join the party; how to make membership more meaningful; and how to recruit and keep more members. To my dismay, the proposition that … [Read more...] about ALP branch reform – the NZ Labour membership model – Sept 2020
Overcoming perverse incentives for branch stacking
Until the ALP overcomes the perverse incentives for branch stacking, the current behaviours will simply find ways around new reforms simply addressing rule and process changes. Julia Thornton says that people shy away from 'culture' as too difficult to discuss. This approach will not bring about … [Read more...] about Overcoming perverse incentives for branch stacking
Nothing new, but surely it’s time to stop – by Pete Steedman, The Age, 1994
It's time to stop - Pete Steedman sent us this story below he wrote in 1994. It's called 'Branch stacking - the bad news for Labor and the community'. Stories about the ethnic branch stacking and other moves. Surely it's time to stop – apologies about the poor photo resolution … [Read more...] about Nothing new, but surely it’s time to stop – by Pete Steedman, The Age, 1994
Labor People of Colour write to Open Labor
Labor People of Colour are a cross-factional group within the Labor Party, who are committed to supporting, educating, advocating and transforming the way Labor approaches the Australian BIPOC community and its BIPOC members (Ed. note BIPOC is the acronym for black, indigenous and people of … [Read more...] about Labor People of Colour write to Open Labor