The Australian Labor Party (ALP),also simply known as 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. The party has been in government since being elected at the 2022 federal election,and with political branches in each state and territory,they currently form government in New South Wales,Queensland,South Australia,Victoria,Western Australia,the Australian Capital Territory,and the Northern Territory. As of 2023,Tasmania is the only state or territory where Labor forms the opposition. It is the oldest continuous political party in Australian history,being established on 8 May 1901 at Parliament House,Melbourne,the meeting place of the first federal Parliament.
The Country Liberal Party of the Northern Territory (CLP),commonly known as the Country Liberals,is a centre-right political party in Australia's Northern Territory. In local politics it operates in a two-party system with the Australian Labor Party (ALP). It also contests federal elections as an affiliate of the Liberal Party of Australia and National Party of Australia,the two partners in the federal coalition.
Catherine Fiona King is an Australian politician serving as the Minister for Infrastructure,Transport,Regional Development and Local Government since 2022 and as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ballarat since 2001. She is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and briefly served as a minister in the Gillard and Rudd governments in 2013. She served as Shadow Minister of Health from 2013 to 2019 and as Shadow Minister for Infrastructure,Transport and Regional Development from 2019 to 2022.
The Division of Swan is an Australian electoral division located in Western Australia.
The Division of Bennelong is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales. The division was created in 1949 and is named after Woollarawarre Bennelong,an Aboriginal man befriended by the first Governor of New South Wales,Arthur Phillip. The seat is represented by Jerome Laxale since the 2022 Australian federal election
The Division of Blaxland is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales.
The Division of Fowler is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales.
The Division of Tangney is an Australian electoral division in the state of Western Australia. The Division was named after Dame Dorothy Tangney,the first female member of the Australian Senate.
Maxine Margaret McKew is a former Australian Labor politician and journalist;she was the Parliamentary Secretary for Infrastructure,Transport,Regional Development and Local Government in the First Rudd Ministry and the First Gillard Ministry.
Linda Jean Burney is an Australian politician who is an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives,representing Barton since the 2016 federal election. She is Minister for Indigenous Australians in the Albanese ministry,and the first woman who identifies as Aboriginal to serve in that position.
Jason Dean Clare is an Australian politician serving as Minister for Education since 1 June 2022. He is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and has represented the Division of Blaxland in Western Sydney since 2007.
Malarndirri Barbara McCarthy is an Australian politician and former journalist who has been a Senator for the Northern Territory since 2016. She is an Assistant Minister in the Albanese Government,and previously served in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly.
Anne Elizabeth Urquhart is an Australian politician. She is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and has served as a Senator for Tasmania since 2011. She was a senior official with the Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union (AMWU) prior to entering politics.
Lucy Elizabeth Wicks is a former Australian politician. She was a Liberal member of the House of Representatives from 2013 to 2022,representing the Division of Robertson in New South Wales. She lost her seat to the Australian Labor Party candidate Gordon Reid at the 2022 federal election.
Elizabeth Ann Coker is an Australian politician. She is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and has been a member of the House of Representatives since the 2019 federal election,representing the Victorian seat of Corangamite. She previously served as the mayor of the Surf Coast Shire. Coker won the 2022 Australian federal election with a 6.5% swing to the Australian Labor Party (ALP).
Jason Yat-Sen Li is an Australian businessman and politician. He is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly at the 2022 Strathfield state by-election.
Jana Naretha Anne Stewart is an Australian politician and former public servant. She is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and was appointed as a Senator for Victoria in April 2022,filling the vacancy caused by the death of Kimberley Kitching.
Tania Lawrence is an Australian politician. She is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and was elected to the House of Representatives at the 2022 federal election,representing the Western Australian seat of Hasluck. She was a ministerial adviser and corporate manager before her election to parliament.
Frank Giuseppe Carbone is an Australian politician. In 2012 he became Mayor of the City of Fairfield,one of the largest local government areas (LGA) in New South Wales by population.
