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The Australian Labor Party (ALP), also commonly known as the Labor Party or simply Labor, is the major centre-left political party in Australia and one of two major parties in Australian politics, along with the centre-right Liberal Party of Australia.
- Western Australian Labor
The Western Australian Labor Party, officially known as the...
- Territory Labor
The Territory Labor Party, officially known as the...
- Queensland Labor
The Queensland Labor Party, officially known as the...
- South Australian Labor
The South Australian Labor Party, officially known as the...
- History of the Australian Labor Party
The history of the Australian Labor Party (federally spelt...
- New South Wales Labor Party
The New South Wales Labor Party, officially known as the...
- Western Australian Labor
The Australian Labor Party is the oldest political party in Australia, and among the oldest continuous Labour parties in the world. It is the great ‘party of initiative’ in Australian life. In 1904, Chris Watson become Australia’s first Labor Prime Minister, as well as the first national Labour head of government anywhere in the world ...
Labour as a parliamentary party dates from 1891 in New South Wales and South Australia, 1893 in Queensland, and later in the other colonies. The history of the Australian Labor Party has its origins in the Labour parties founded in the 1890s in the Australian colonies prior to federation.
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The Australian Labor Party (ALP) is one of the two major political parties in Australia. The party was formed in 1891, and is the oldest political party in Australia. It is a social democratic party with strong links to the Trade Union movement. Since 1944, their main opponents have been the Liberal Party.
Bob Hawke led Labor’s return to office in the 1983 election, and to a record four terms, with subsequent election wins in 1984, 1987 and 1990. He is the longest-serving Labor Prime Minister, and the third-longest serving Australian leader. The key focuses of the Hawke Government were globalisation, micro-economic reform and industrial ...
