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...
by John | Dec 2, 2011 | Australian news, News
Julia Gillard has ordered the Right faction to stop squabbling and let delegates vote as they wish on proposed changes to Labor’s policy platform concerning gay marriage. Ms Gillard’s intervention ensures that Labor’s platform will be changed to...
by John | Dec 2, 2011 | Australian news, News
LABOR Party factional leaders have been forced to rally behind Julia Gillard in a bid to avert a disastrous rejection of her position on gay marriage on the floor of this weekend’s party conference. With the Left increasingly confident it has the numbers to...
by John | Dec 1, 2011 | Australian news, News
Federal Labor looks set to back gay marriage as the Right faction has yet to come to a firm position on a party platform change on the eve of the national conference. The gathering of 400 ALP delegates begins in Sydney on Friday with a speech by Prime Minister Julia...
