The Australian Labor Party (ALP; sometimes simply Labor) is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election.

The result in the Upper Hunter by-election deepened the trend seen in the 2019 federal election, when Labor’s vote fell to just 33.3 percent, the lowest level in 85 years.

A Labor premier says a sidelined MP's claims of bullying in a scathing attack on the party's leadership was an ordinary ...

No party holds a majority in the 76-seat Senate. Labor holds 29 seats and the conservatives 27 seats. The Australian Greens hold 10 seats, which is the next largest bloc.

Party set to secure Macnamara, giving it 76 out of 151 seats Labor likely to work with Greens, climate-focused lawmakers Australian Prime Minister’s Labor Party Gets Parliament Majority Gift ...

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's Labor Party is heading for a clear victory in Saturday's general election, according to media projections. A win would make the 62-year-old the first ...

The Australian Labor Party in New South Wales state claimed power in an election on Saturday night, with voters backing the centre-left party's pledges on anti-privatisation and cost of living relief.

In 2019, Australian Labor Party (ALP) senator Doug Cameron summed up his eleven-year senate career with characteristic candor. “It all comes down to one thing: socialism,” he said. Cameron’s ...

June 6, 2022 The Australian Labor Party and Julian Assange Binoy Kampmark Photograph Source: Jeanne Menjoulet – CC BY 2.0 ...

West Australian Labor backbencher Josh Wilson defied his own party’s dictates by telling colleagues in the House of Representatives how he was “not yet convinced that we can adequately deal ...

A responsible Labor Party in Australia today must recognize the need for building Australian defenses, economically and politically. While exploring seriously the hopes of peaceful settlement with ...

On December 2, the very last day of parliament for 2021, the Labor Party again teamed up with the Liberal-National Coalition government to pass another nakedly anti-democratic electoral bill.