Australian Labor Party
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The Australian Labor Party is one of Australia's two major federal political parties, competing for control of the national government alongside the Liberal Party. It matters because, as a major party that has governed Australia multiple times throughout history, it shapes the country's policies on economic, social, and environmental issues that affect all Australians.
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Key facts
- Abbreviation
- ALP
- Leader
- Anthony Albanese
- Deputy leader
- Richard Marles
- Senate leader
- Penny Wong
- National president
- Wayne Swan
- National secretary
- Paul Erickson
- Founded
- Oldest branches: , 1891 ; 135 years ago ( 1891 ) Federal Caucus : , 8 May 1901 ; , 125 years ago ( 1901-05-08 )
- Headquarters
- 5/9 Sydney Avenue, Barton , Australian Capital Territory
- Think tank
- Chifley Research Centre
- Youth wing
- Australian Young Labor
- Women s wing
- Labor Women's Network
- Lgbt wing
- Rainbow Labor
Article
The Australian Labor Party (ALP) is the major social democratic political party in Australia. Sitting on the centre-left of the political spectrum, it is the oldest active party in the country, having been founded in 1891. It is one of the two major parties in Australian politics, its main rival being the Liberal–National Coalition. It has been the ruling party at the federal level since the 2022 federal election, and currently forms government in five of the eight states and territories.
The Labor Party was founded in 1891, being descended from the labour parties founded in the various Australian colonies during the emerging labour movement. After its founding, it began contesting colonial elections, and federal elections after Australian federation, beginning with the 1901 federal election. In 1904, it briefly formed what is considered the world's first labour party government and the world's first social democratic or democratic socialist government at a national level. At the 1910 federal election, Labor became the first party in Australia to win a majority in either house of the Australian parliament. In every election since 1910, Labor has either served as the governing party or the opposition.