Labor’s donations advantage vanished at the 2010 election, new data from the Australian Electoral Commission shows.
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CFMEU out of the WA Labor cold, state conference to decide
WA branch of the CFMEU appears to have succeeded in its botched bid to re-affiliate with Labor, after an emergency meeting of the ALP’s administrative committee referred the decision to state conference.
Reshuffle promotes Gillard’s
‘warlords’
Crikey media wrap: A ministerial reshuffle yesterday resulted in promotions for the architects of Julia Gillard’s prime ministerial coup, a demotion for a Kevin Rudd supporter and a record number of female ministers in Australian politics.
ALP Left hang tight to reforms as they step up numbers drive
The ALP’s Left say they will not give up on key reforms trashed by the Right at national conference and will urgently move to recruit multiple members to force Labor to democratise.
Newspoll: Gillard consolidates her lead
The latest Newspoll has the Coalition two-party lead at 54-46, down from an aberrant 57-43 a fortnight ago. The Coalition is down four points on the primary vote to 44%, reports William Bowe.
Delegates back Gillard on uranium exports to India
ALP delegates back Julia Gillard on uranium exports to India despite an emotive round of speeches against the proposition. Andrew Crook reports from the national conference floor at The Stump.
Rudd parties with gay activists; will ‘examine bill closely’
Has Kevin Rudd changed his tune on gay marriage? Andrew Crook found him celebrating with activists last night at the ALP national conference, reporting the latest at The Stump.
Bowen wins ALP fight for offshore
processing
Chris Bowen has succeeded in his bid to change Labor’s national platform to allow for offshore processing of refugees after a rancour-filled debate, writes Andrew Crook.
Crikey Says: Australian political parties are dying, and fast
Australian political parties are cossetted by compulsory voting, public funding and exemptions in areas such as privacy. But despite those protections, they are dying, and quickly.
Let the ALP conference begin
Crikey media wrap: The ALP party has rolled into town for the first day of the Labor national conference in Sydney. With gay marriage, uranium and asylum seeker policy all up for grabs, expect it to be a raucous weekend.
Rudd is only stating the obvious on reform
Far from being a radical contribution to the Labor reform debate, Kevin Rudd’s proposals are only a first step in what Labor needs to do.
Uranium sales, arms control fails
NAJ Taylor discusses uranium exports in the context of nonproliferation and disarmament, after Labor yesterday announced its proposal to sell uranium to India.
In WA, Labor attention turns from Gillard to the backroom
Lost in this week’s mild panic over Labor’s dire national Newspoll performance has been the parlous state of the party’s primary vote in Western Australia.
Young Labor backs gays on Richo’s advice
The Australian Young Labor national conference has backed progressive resolutions on gay marriage and asylum seekers while simultaneously electing arch social conservative Ben Maxfield as its next president.
Labor’s core values? Take your pick
In her rendition of Labor values, the Prime Minister left out any sense of how community -is meant to cohere or function in the face of the hurry and instability of post modern post industrial globalisation, writes David Ritter.
Richardson: how Labor blew its chance of marriage compromise
Britain’s Liberal Democrats have pledged to legalise same-sex marriage before the next election. In Australia, Labor blew its chances of a compromise.
As the economy improves, Labor’s ownership of it deteriorates
The stronger the economy seems under Labor, the less Labor gets any credit for it. Labor should be pondering why and front and centre in any such inquiry should be Wayne Swan.
Thomson’s tax time bomb. Tick, tick, tick
Embattled Labor MP Craig Thomson is facing some serious issues with the Australian Taxation Office, writes Chris Seage, tax consultant and former ATO audit manager.
Crikey Says: This is real, people
The problem is there for the prime minister, a problem that wasn’t there before Wednesday afternoon, and it’s one that won’t go away any time soon.
Carbon cops run amok in a world of spin
The carbon price “debate” shows the effects of decades of spin. “Carbon cops”, busting down your front door and scaring the kids in pursuit of unauthorised emissions, had been invented by the Coalition.
What will lure people back to political parties?
Until parties empower their members and can convince them they can achieve something positive for society, voters won’t be interested.
Guy Rundle: With the Greens in charge, there’s no hope for Labor
The vacuum of leadership in Labor has been filled by the Greens, which is now setting the political agenda. Nobody believes this government can retain power in two years.
Labor needs to shut up, but it can’t stop talking
Labor’s lack of resilience is directly feeding the traditional press gallery obsession with personality politics.
