Politics
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.
Politics
EXCLUSIVE | Labor must refine its brand, run better candidates earlier in key seats and overhaul its policy agenda to rebuild its base and broaden its electoral appeal, according to an exhaustive election post-mortem obtained by InDaily.
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Labor faces a “long period in Opposition” – with its “legitimacy to govern always in doubt” – if the party can’t bolster its statewide vote, according to a submission to Peter Malinauskas’s state election review that urges the ALP to develop its credentials in regional South Australia.
After losing its heartland seat of Port Adelaide in the federal electoral redistribution, Labor has settled on a factional deal to find new seats for incumbent MPs Mark Butler and Steve Georganas.
Former Rudd and Gillard government minister Jenny Macklin has announced she is retiring from federal politics.
Wayne Swan has claimed victory in the race for the Labor party’s national presidency.
Labor leader Peter Malinauskas could be forced to call a special party convention if the Opposition opts to change its position on rate-capping, as unions pledge to step up protests against the measure in coming weeks.
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