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Labor keeps Left-Right balance as ‘union coalition’ comes up short

David Marin-GuzmanWorkplace correspondent

Updated Aug 18, 2023 – 11.16pm, first published at 6.14pm

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A maverick independent unionist backed by former Labor powerbroker Kim Carr has failed to disrupt the Left-Right balance on the party’s powerful national executive.

United Firefighters Union Victorian secretary Peter Marshall – who was kicked out of the Socialist Left for campaigning against Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews – refused to withdraw his nomination at the ALP’s national conference on Friday, forcing the national executive to go to a ballot.

correction —

An earlier version of this story mis-stated that federal MP Sam Rae was in the Labor Left when he is in the Right.

David Marin-Guzman writes about industrial relations, workplace, policy and leadership from Sydney.