A fierce Left-Right battle over power structures in the Labor Party is set to unfold at the ALP's national conference in July after former treasurer Wayne Swan announced he would be running against frontbencher Mark Butler for the position of national president.
Mr Butler – from the party's Left faction – is the current party president and in January expressed his frustration that factional warlords at the national and state level had blocked his push for democratic reform of the party's structures.
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Laura Tingle is The Australian Financial Review's former political editor. She is now chief political correspondent for the ABC's 7.30 program. Connect with Laura on Facebook and Twitter.
