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Tania Mihailuk has announced she will quit the Labor Party.

‘Not ready to govern’: Labor MP Tania Mihailuk quits party

Tania Mihailuk said Labor’s decision to allow her arch nemesis to run for parliament is proof the party is still plagued by corruption.

  • Alexandra Smith and Tom Rabe

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Bankstown Labor MP Tania Mihailuk.

Labor preselection turf war hands Perrottet a political gift

After almost 12 years of trying to shake its dark past, NSW Labor has allowed a Bankstown preselection political turf war to breathe new life into it.

  • Alexandra Smith
Labor senator Kristina Keneally has said anyone who uses Kimberley Kitching’s death for political gain will be “no friend in me.”

‘No friend in me’: Keneally warns those who use Kimberley Kitching’s death for political gain

Labor senator Penny Wong has said she will not “return anger with anger” over the death of Kimberley Kitching in a parliamentary tribute to the late senator this morning.

  • Angus Thompson
Former Labor MP Rod Mackenzie crossed the floor in 1987.

Loyalty or be damned: The Labor Party and caucus solidarity

Former Labor MP Rod Mackenzie put “Parliament before party” when he crossed the floor in 1987. It put him on collision course with a party that has cultivated a special hatred for dissenters.

  • Sumeyya Ilanbey
Kaushaliya Vaghela, pictured with Daniel Andrews.

ALP moves to expel MP Kaushaliya Vaghela

The upper house MP will be referred to the ALP’s internal disputes tribunal and, if found guilty, will be kicked out for showing “disloyalty to the party”.

  • Sumeyya Ilanbey
Premier Daniel Andrews said Kaushaliya Vaghela’s claims bullying allegations were not appropriately dealt with were “fantasy”.

Andrews rejects ‘fantasy’ claim that bullying complaint was not taken seriously

“Frankly these claims are fantasy, have no basis in fact ... I won’t dignify the stuff that’s said about me, I’m not going to,” the Premier said.

  • Sumeyya Ilanbey
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Bill Kelty has blamed Premier Daniel Andrews for dividing the spoils of the factional infighting and federal leader Anthony Albanese consenting to the process.

Union heavyweight warns of ‘authoritarianism’ as ALP dumps seven MPs

Former union leader Bill Kelty has warned that voters could punish Labor after the party axed seven MPs ahead of next year’s state poll.

  • Sumeyya Ilanbey
Premier Daniel Andrews will have to weather the storm as IBAC hears evidence, and allegations, against Labor figures.

Shining the spotlight on Labor’s faceless men

The Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission will investigate allegations of “serious corrupt conduct” and misuse of public money by serving and former Labor politicians.

  • Sumeyya Ilanbey
Joel Fitzgibbon has criticised his own party again.

‘Not just windmills and solar panels’: ALP criticised by Joel Fitzgibbon over party’s climate change policy

The Hunter Valley MP has again attacked his own party over its position on energy policy.

  • David Crowe
Senator Kim Carr wipes down the lectern before speaking during debate in the Senate in 2020.

Cockroach or policy wonk: Will the push to replace Senator Kim Carr succeed?

Policy hardhead, factional warlord, past his prime. Much is said about Australia’s longest-serving senator, but he’s made it clear he has not finished yet.

  • Farrah Tomazin

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