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Factional uncertainty over looming union merger
A merger between two trade unions is tipped to trigger major changes at the top of the SA Labor Party, as a senior powerbroker weighs up his future.
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A merger between two trade unions is tipped to trigger major changes at the top of the SA Labor Party, as a senior powerbroker weighs up his future.
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EXCLUSIVE | The fallout from Labor’s federal election debacle has hit home in South Australia, with veteran MP Steve Georganas quitting the Left faction in a shock move.
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SPECIAL REPORT | He runs one of SA Labor’s ruling factions and orchestrated the rise of the state’s last premier, but mention David Gray’s name and most South Australians would assume you’re talking about an English troubadour or retired TV comedian. So is Labor’s most reclusive powerbroker a ‘faceless man’? “That’s not for me to say,” he tells Tom Richardson.
Labor’s Right faction powerbrokers are set to anoint commercial lawyer Andrea Michaels as their candidate for the safe seat of Enfield being vacated by retiring former Attorney-General John Rau.
State Labor’s newest sub-faction has been trounced in its first electoral test, but its organisers say they are undeterred, blaming the ALP factional “machine” for galvanising against them.
A collection of hard Left unions, grassroots activists and community groups have formalised a new factional bloc they hope will wield a bigger “progressive” influence on Labor Party policy, InDaily can reveal.
The state Liberal Party should re-visit attempts to formalise and strengthen its factions. The reward, writes former Liberal minister Mark Brindal, could be a decade of political domination.