Labor faces difficult transition as faction eyes the future

Factional tensions are brewing in the state Labor party, with the Left considering dumping one of its highest office-holders ahead of this year’s state convention as the faction looks to bolster its influence.

Victorian ALP branch-stack scandal claims third minister

Labor’s national executive is preparing to take action against the party’s beleaguered Victorian branch, with three frontbenchers now forced out of state cabinet over a branch-stacking and infighting scandal.

Former Victorian Labor minister Adem Somyurek has denied branch-stacking. Photo: AAP/James Ross

Explaining the politics of branch-stacking

A scandal within the Victorian ALP has again shone a spotlight on a system political parties have attempted to bury. Anika Gauja explains the what and why of branch-stacking.

Nauru detention of asylum-seekers a "disgrace": Malinauskas

SA Labor leader Peter Malinauskas says the indefinite detention of asylum-seekers on Nauru is a “disgrace” and has promised to push for change to the ALP’s policy at the party’s national conference in Adelaide later this year.

Former Premier revealed as Labor's surprise candidate for Bennelong

Former New South Wales Labor Premier Kristina Keneally has been named Labor’s candidate in the Bennelong by-election in a surprise move that could destabilise the Turnbull Government.

ASC headed to Fair Work Commission over election standoff

The Labor Party’s preferred candidate in the vulnerable seat of Mayo is taking his employer – Adelaide shipbuilder ASC – to the Fair Work Commission because it won’t allow him leave to contest the federal election, InDaily can reveal.

Annual leave provisions mooted for domestic violence victims

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