The year 2020 exposed the risks and weaknesses of the market-driven global system. It’s hard to avoid the sense that a turning point has been reached. Could it be that Covid ends the neoliberal era? Tooze analyses how the high-level, technocratic decisions of central bankers and finance … [Read more...] about Covid ends the neoliberal era? – by Adem Tooze, The Guardian
ALP reform news & ideas
Returning from parental leave – how it started
Thanks to Anika Wells MP for this tweet on returning from parental leave. All factions, all parties, all stepping out together. How it started and how its going ... All praise to Sydney Morning Herald photographer Alex Ellinghausen @ellinghausen Centre: Anika Wells (ALP Member for … [Read more...] about Returning from parental leave – how it started
The rise and rise and fall of Adem Somyurek – by Guy Rundle, Jacobin, 20 June 2020
There’s nothing strange about branch stacking, but what was unusual in rise and fall of Adem Somyurek was the amassing of enormous power by one man, a junior minister and member of Victoria’s upper house. How could this occur? Somyurek and his officers were caught on video forging signatures and … [Read more...] about The rise and rise and fall of Adem Somyurek – by Guy Rundle, Jacobin, 20 June 2020
The ALP left props up the right – by Harry Stratton
The ALP left props up the right writes Harry Stratton in Jacobin Magazine 4 Apr 2021. "To challenge the ALP right-wing policy agenda, we first need to democratize the party. The party’s left faction should lead this fight; instead, they’re helping perpetuate a system that keeps left-wing politics … [Read more...] about The ALP left props up the right – by Harry Stratton
The Dirty Country – corruption – by Crikey
The Dirty Country – corruption by Crikey, a brilliant series on corruption in Australian politics. "The first step in solving any problem is recognising there is one, then the second step is understanding the root cause of it. And the root cause of the toxic culture in Australian politicians in … [Read more...] about The Dirty Country – corruption – by Crikey
Welcome to Labor Academy SA
Labor Academy SA is about making membership meaningful. This is what LASA say about themselves: Labor Academy is a national initiative designed to add value to the member experience so that you can do more than phone calling, letterboxing and polling day duties. The aim is to develop … [Read more...] about Welcome to Labor Academy SA
VIC ALP members preselection ballots from 1993 onwards?
Members preselection ballots have been infrequent in the Victorian ALP since 1993. We have managed to uncover the nine listed below. Nine is definitely more than three, which is a recently cited number doing the rounds. However, nine is not many. Do you know of any more? Please tell. We have … [Read more...] about VIC ALP members preselection ballots from 1993 onwards?
Two Supreme Court cases challenge Victorian ALP intervention – updated
Two separate Supreme Court cases challenge Victorian ALP intervention 2020: the Victorian MP Marlene Kairouz and a group of trade unions; plus the effects of the cases on federal preselections and possibly on faction futures. Marlene Kairouz' case arose from the audit of the Victorian ALP … [Read more...] about Two Supreme Court cases challenge Victorian ALP intervention – updated
Macklin-Bracks preselection reform – the Victorian intervention is not over
ALP National Executive and non-aligned reps talk preselections. James Button and Kath Cozens provide an Open Labor perspective on the meeting. The Victorian intervention is not over. 26 July 2021: The four Victorian non-aligned representatives met two National Executive (NE) representatives to … [Read more...] about Macklin-Bracks preselection reform – the Victorian intervention is not over
Stop the shadowy preselections: 150 people call for change – 19 July 2021
Stop the shadowy preselections. Democracy dies in darkness, but the light was still burning for the 150 people who attended a vibrant meeting held by Open Labor, the Independents and members of the Melbourne FEA to stop the undemocratic way federal and state shadowy elections are being conducted in … [Read more...] about Stop the shadowy preselections: 150 people call for change – 19 July 2021