Australian Labor Party National Executive

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The Australian Labor Party National Executive is an internal body of the Australian Labor Party, one of the major political parties in Australia.

Twenty members of the National Executive are elected by the party's National Conference, which is the highest representative body of the party's state and territory branches. The most recent National Conference was the 47th conference held from 24 to 26 July 2015.[1] Members on the Executive may be officials of trade unions affiliated to the party or members of federal or state Parliaments. Other members of the National Executive are the National President, the National Secretary and two National Vice-Presidents (who are directly elected by Labor members), and the Leader of the Federal Parliamentary Labor Party are ex-officio members of the Executive,[2] but only the party Leader has a vote.

The National Executive is concerned mainly with organisational matters. It does not decide party policy, which is determined by the National Conference. The National Executive does not elect the party's parliamentary leaders, which is done by a ballot of both the Parliamentary Caucus and by the Labor Party's rank-and-file members. The National President or Vice-President are elected by party members. Its most public role is to act as the final arbiter of disputes about parliamentary candidacies (preselections). On these matters the National Executive usually votes on factional lines. The Labor Right faction holds a majority on the National Executive,[3] though it did not hold a majority at the 2015 National Conference.[4]

The power of the National Executive extends to the reorganisation of a State Branch. For example, in 1970 to improve the party's chances of electoral success, the National Executive intervened in the Socialist Left controlled Victorian Branch, involving the sacking of State officers and dissolution of the Branch. Less drastic forms of intervention are more common, such as the final arbiter of preselection disputes.[5] The executive has authority over policy as it can interpret the party’s constitution, platform and conference decisions.[3][6]

Members of the National Executive

The current members of the National Executive are:[2]

Member type Member name Position / title Faction State/territory Voting member
Ex-officio members Jenny McAllister National President Socialist Left[7] New South Wales No
George Wright National Secretary unaligned[8] n/a No
Tim Hammond Senior Vice-President Labor Right New South Wales No
Jane Garrett, MLA Junior Vice-President Socialist Left[9] Victoria No
Bill Shorten, MP Leader of the Federal Parliamentary Labor Party Labor Right[10] Victoria Yes
Edward McDougall National President, Young Labor Labor Right[11] New South Wales No
Elected members Anthony Albanese, MP n/a Socialist Left[12] New South Wales Yes
Tim Ayres New South Wales branch Secretary of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union Socialist Left[13] New South Wales Yes
Julie Bignell Queensland branch Secretary of the Australian Services Union Socialist Left[14] Queensland Yes
Senator Carol Brown n/a Socialist Left[15] Tasmania Yes
Mark Butler, MP n/a Socialist Left[16] South Australia Yes
Senator Kim Carr n/a Socialist Left[17] Victoria Yes
Russ Collison New South Wales branch Secretary of the Australian Workers Union Labor Right[18] New South Wales Yes
Senator Stephen Conroy n/a Labor Right[19] Victoria Yes
Jamie Clements Secretary of NSW Branch of the Australian Labor Party Labor Right[20] New South Wales Yes
Joe de Bruyn Vice-President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions Labor Right[21] Victoria Yes
Charlie Donnelly National Secretary of the National Union of Workers Labor Right[22] Victoria Yes
Senator Don Farrell n/a Labor Right[15] South Australia Yes
Natalie Hutchins, MLA n/a Labor Right[23] Victoria Yes
Jennifer Howard Labor Right Queensland Yes
Senator Sue Lines n/a Socialist Left[24] Western Australia Yes
Tara Moriarty New South Wales branch Secretary of United Voice Labor Right[25] New South Wales Yes
Michael Ravbar National Vice President of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union Socialist Left[26] Queensland Yes
Michelle Roberts, MLA n/a Labor Right[27] Western Australia Yes
Ben Swan Queensland branch Secretary of the Australian Workers Union Labor Right[28] Queensland Yes
Linda White Assistant National Secretary of the Australian Services Union Socialist Left[29] Victoria Yes

References

  1. ↑ ALP: Welcome to the 47th Australian Labor Party National Conference
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Australian Labor Party National Executive
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Australian, 2 July 2015: Vote change to shift Labor’s power to the Left
  4. ↑ Sydney Morning Herald, 18 June 2015: Labor powerbrokers lose control with reform back on the agenda
  5. ↑ ABC News, 4 November 2015: ALP national executive pulls rank on WA branch attempt to dump MPs Gary Gray and Alannah MacTiernan
  6. ↑ The Age, 27 July 2005: Labor Left accuses Right of stacking branch rules
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