Labor must beware Adem’s poison apples
Anthony Albanese has his head in the sand but this is hardly a great by-election look.
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ALP leaders holding all the cards
It is a fiction to suggest the downfall of Adem Somyurek and the subsequent ALP national executive intervention is a state issue.
IBAC will look into branch stacking
Victoria’s corruption watchdog has launched an investigation into ‘serious allegations of corrupt conduct’ in the state’s Labor Party.
Albanese made similar play in NSW
Anthony Albanese proposed a national takeover of the NSW division of the Labor Party but he was rolled by prominent figures in the state’s Right faction.
Coalition heaps pressure on ‘bugged’ MP
Labor MP Anthony Byrne under fire over the alleged bugging of his office, which brought down Victorian ALP powerbroker Adem Somyurek.
Political bloodsport better than footy
Labor factional brawls are so captivating surely it is only a matter of time before they go to pay per view.
Albanese takes over state ALP
Labor’s national executive takes control of the Victorian ALP, stripping 16,000 members of their right to select candidates until 2023.
Queensland rivals have a lot in common
As the Queensland Premier looks across the aisle at Deb Frecklington – who has, so far, survived a knifing by LNP plotters – she’d know what her rival is going through.
Bracks, Macklin backed to run Vic Labor
Labor’s national executive has endorsed a motion putting party luminaries Steve Bracks and Jenny Macklin as administrators of the Victorian branch of the ALP.
Third Victorian Labor minister forced to quit
Daniel Andrews loses another minister as Marlene Kairouz quits cabinet over the branch-stacking crisis engulfing Labor.
Byrne can’t hide away: what did he know?
All roads lead to federal Labor backbencher Anthony Byrne.
From cabinet comeback to betrayal
The decision to reinstall Adem Somyurek to cabinet was ‘payback’ for Philip Dalidakis’s refusal to join his party grouping.
‘Captain’s pick’ hits constitutional hurdle
Daniel Andrews’s plan to replace Adem Somyurek with his parliamentary secretary, Danny Pearson, has hit a Victorian constitution roadblock.
Not my job to probe Somyurek: Albanese
Anthony Albanese says he’s focused on being ‘match fit’ for government, not whether covert footage of ALP powerbroker Adem Somyurek was filmed in the office of a federal Labor MP.
Sports rorts back as Labor goes on attack
Anthony Albanese will try to revive the so-called sports rorts scandal when parliament returns this week.
Keneally is wrong to lecture us on immigration
It takes a certain level of chutzpah for an immigrant like Kristina Keneally to lecture Australians about restricting migration.
ALP: ‘we must go harder’
Labor has broken from its bipartisan approach to the coronavirus pandemic, rejecting Scott Morrison’s strategy.
Shorten’s ‘Deep Throat’ torment
A Liberal Party figure secretly advised the Bill Shorten camp during the 2019 election that a historic rape allegation would re-emerge.
Labor looks to Ardern for budget shake-up
Jim Chalmers has declared Australia should consider adopting a version of Jacinda Ardern’s ‘wellbeing budget’.
Albanese refuses to back coal amid tensions
Some MPs believe Anthony Albanese has changed his coal rhetoric, using language similar to that of Bill Shorten on Adani.
Male voters stay away from Labor, Newspoll finds
A total of 45 per cent of men claim to back the Coalition against 32 per cent supporting Labor.
Broader challenge as ALP base narrows
The magnitude of Anthony Albanese’s task to win back middle Australia is profound.
Party for workers now can’t stand them
In the process of making themselves supremely woke, Labor here and Labour in Britain also have made themselves unelectable.
Keating slaps down Albanese
The former PM has some sharp words for the Labor leader over ‘an unexpected term in office’.
Business, politics keep the clangers coming
Labor, CSIRO, NAB and Westpac helped to make 2019 just that little bit more amusing.
Climate policy keeps tripping up Labor
Kevin Rudd brought himself undone on this, but it has vexed Australian politics ever since.
‘People’s choice’ Albo’s polls plunge
Anthony Albanese is rating worse than Simon Crean did at the same time in his leadership.
Albanese a greater threat to Queensland: Dutton
Peter Dutton says the Queensland people should be more concerned about the current Labor leader than any of his predecessors.
Albanese dumps Shorten’s tax-and-spend pitch
Anthony Albanese will outline Labor’s ‘productivity project’ to boost the economy as he visits a key battleground state.
Union bans ALP donations, slams Albanese
Anger over Labor’s backing of free-trade deals has prompted a key union to axe future donations.
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