Labor dismisses rule breach claims after divisive ballot

State Labor tensions continue to simmer after a divisive internal ballot, amid ongoing recriminations over the way the votes were counted and claims the party’s own campaign rules were breached.

Labor Left on the march as Wong slams ballot process

SA Labor’s Left faction is celebrating a “moral victory” in a strongly-fought internal ballot, but Senate heavyweight Penny Wong has slammed the “perverse” interpretation of a new rule designed to help democratise the party, saying members will be “rightly disappointed” in the process.

Penny Wong: 'I think she is really shy,' says author Margaret Simons. Photo: AAP

Penny Wong biographer's tale of tenacity

Walkley Award-winning journalist Margaret Simons is no stranger to writing about people who don’t want to talk. But writing her unauthorised biography Penny Wong: Passion and Principle – to be launched next week – took years of persistence.

Sides firm for Labor leadership battle

Labor frontbencher Penny Wong has confirmed she is backing Anthony Albanese to become the party’s next national leader.

DJ Albo ready to spin some sick beats in Adelaide

Federal Labor MP Anthony Albanese, AKA DJ Albo, will take the expression “political spin” to a whole new level on Sunday when he hits the decks at Adelaide’s King’s Head Hotel.

Don't condemn my family: Wong

South Australian Senator Penny Wong says straight politicians pushing for a plebiscite on same-sex marriage don’t understand what it’s like to be the target of hate.

Labor takes swipe at 'bizarre' foreign investment rules

Federal Labor has taken a swipe at the government’s foreign investment rules as the Senate prepares to debate new laws.