by John | Dec 3, 2011 | Australian commentary
Today’s historic change in the Labor Party’s platform on gay marriage comes despite Julia Gillard’s opposition. Now her challenge as leader is to go on the front foot and ensure that Labor takes ownership of the issue rather than let the Greens run...
by John | Dec 3, 2011 | Australian commentary
WHEN the right-wing delegates to the ALP national conference gathered last night in their traditional homeland – a Chinese restaurant in Sussex Street – it was after an unusual few days of number crunching. The Right is used to having the numbers in...
by John | Dec 3, 2011 | Australian news, News
THE campaign to legalise gay marriage is set to be put to a vote in Federal Parliament next year. Labor will clear the way for the move at its national conference being held in Sydney. Jubilant Left-wing Labor MPs who have fought for the change said they had secured...
by John | Dec 3, 2011 | Australian commentary
Odd perhaps to note this, given all the eulogising that Labor conferences deliver about Curtin, Chifley, Whitlam and the rest, but an interloper ghost hovers over this weekend’s federal ALP conference: John Howard. The two issues at the centre of the big policy...
by John | Dec 2, 2011 | Australian news, News
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has conceded the Australian Labor Party’s Left faction has the numbers to drive an historic change to the ALP’s platform on same-sex marriage and is seeking a deal to allow MPs a conscience vote on the floor of parliament. Ms...
