Reforms to Victorian Labor explained as Victorian Labor Administrators Jenny Macklin and Steve Bracks stand down and the ALP National Executive has received and adopted their proposed Victorian ALP rules. (1 Feb 2021) From mid-June 2020 until yesterday, Steve and Jenny were charged with the task … [Read more...] about Macklin-Bracks: reforms to Victorian Labor explained by Eric Dearricott – 2 Feb 2021
Thinking about Labor reform
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
Labor reform via trade unions
Jennifer Beacham's submission to Administrators Macklin-Bracks outlines the road to Labor reform via trade unions' democratisation. She writes: Farming has often been discussed in the same terms as the ALP, with declining participation and ageing. Maybe this is because they only looked to … [Read more...] about Labor reform via trade unions
The role of unions in the ALP – submission by Max Ogden
The unions in the ALP are the basis of the factions. Whatever democratic changes will come out of this current reform process will be for nothing unless there is a change of the factions and the unions in the ALP. Unions now only count about 15% of the workforce as members, although their impact … [Read more...] about The role of unions in the ALP – submission by Max Ogden
The ALP must repair trust between leadership & members – submission by James Button to Macklin-Bracks ALP reform enquiry – Oct 2020
Repair the trust between leadership & members - in this submission to Macklin-Bracks enquiry, James Button argues that the ALP should commit to a culture of deep transparency to repair the trust between leadership & members and make the party more effective, more ethical, and more electable. … [Read more...] about The ALP must repair trust between leadership & members – submission by James Button to Macklin-Bracks ALP reform enquiry – 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
A review of all the ALP reform reviews – 50 years of soul searching – 1964 on
A review of all the ALP reform reviews since 1964 by David Barda. He writes: "Since 1964 Labor has commissioned eight or nine party reviews, depending on how you count them. I’ve read them all so that you don’t have to." Since writing those words, we now also have the 2020 Bracks-Macklin … [Read more...] about A review of all the ALP reform reviews – 50 years of soul searching – 1964 on
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
A good governance culture at ALP State Office & Admin Committee – Sept 2020
An improved good governance & culture at VIC State Office & Admin Committee is essential - Eric Dearricott addresses a Melbourne FEA forum saying: People within the party organisation knew the stacking exposed by 60 Minutes was happening, but a culture had evolved that allowed stacking to … [Read more...] about A good governance culture at ALP State Office & Admin Committee – Sept 2020
Forum: ALP reform – are Macklin & Bracks on track? – Sept 2020
Are Macklin & Bracks on track? Labor elders Jenny Macklin and Steve Bracks participated in a public forum hosted by Open Labor, the Independents, Per Capita and the John Cain Centre for Democracy 23 Sept 2020. The forum was a show case of what online technology can do for democracy, … [Read more...] about Forum: ALP reform – are Macklin & Bracks on track? – Sept 2020