Australie Labor Pairty

Australie Labor Pairty
Australie Labor Pairty
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Australie Labor Pairty
Australie Labor Pairty
Leader	Bill Shorten MP
Deputy Leader	Tanya Plibersek MP
Heidquarters	161 London Circuit, Canberra ACT 2600
Ideology	Social Democracy,; Thrid Way
Poleetical poseetion	Centre-left
Internaitional affiliation	Socialist International
Colours	Red
Hoose o Reprasentatives	72 / 150
Senate	31 / 76
Website
	http://www.alp.org.au/

The Australie Labor Pairty (ALP; kent juist as Labor an aw) is an Australien poleetical pairty. It hae been the govrenin pairty o the Commonweel o Australie syne the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the pairty's federal pairlamentary leader an Prime Meenister o Australie. Labor currently govrens in ilk territory an in the states o Queensland, Sooth Australia an Tasmania.

Foondit in 1891 bi the emergin laubour movement in Australie, Labor is the kintra's auldest active poleetical pairty, haein contestit an won state seats frae 1891, federal seats follaein the Federation at the 1901 federal election, an gained Australie's first majority in either hoose at the 1910 federal election. The ALP pre-dates baith the Breetish Labour Pairty an New Zealand Labour Pairty amang ithers in baith pairty formation an govrenment. The pairty competes conter the Leeberal/Naitional Coalition fir poleetical office at the federal an state (an at times local) level.

Etymology

Prime Meenister Julia Gillard, Leader o the Australien Labor Pairty syne 24 Juin 2010

Chris Watson, first leader o the Federal Laubour Pairty 1901–07 (held the balance o pouer) an Prime Meenister o Australie in 1904

Andrew Fisher, Labor Prime Meenister o Australie 1908–09, 1910–13, 1914–15

Billy Hughes, Labor Prime Meenister o Australie 1915-16

James Scullin, Labor Prime Meenister o Australie 1929–32

John Curtin, Labor Prime Meenister o Australie 1941–45

Ben Chifley, Labor Prime Meenister o Australie 1945–49

Bob Hawke, Labor Prime Meenister o Australie 1983–91

Paul Keating, Labor Prime Meenister o Australie 1991–96

Kevin Rudd, Labor Prime Meenister o Australie 2007–10

The ALP adoptit the formal name "Australien Laubour Pairty" in 1908, but chyngit the spellin tae "Labor" in 1912. Altho hit is staundard practice in Australien Inglis sin syne tae spell the wird labour wi a "u", the pairty wis influencit bi the Unitit States laubour movement an a prominent figure in the early history o the pairty, American–born King O'Malley, wis successfu in haein the spellin "modrenisit". The chynge made hit easier tae distinguish references atween the pairty an the laubour movement an aw. Mair oot ower, the spellin "labor" hae been acceptit in baith Breetish an Australien Inglis in earlier periods. (See an aw: Spellin in Australien Inglis)

Policy

Modren Labor

Various ideological beliefs war factionalised unner reforms tae the ALP unner Gough Whitlam, resultin in what is nou kent as the Socialist Left wham tend te favour a mair interventionist economic policy an mair socially progressive ideals, an Laubour Richt, the nou dominant faction that tends tae bi mair economically leeberal an focus less on social problems.

The Whitlam govrenment wis the first Australien govrenment tae uise the term economic rationalism. The Gough Whitlam Labor govrenment frae 1972 tae 1975 wis different tae foregane Labor govrenments, in that hit pursued social-democratic policies raither than democratic socialist policies, a precursor tae the pairty's current thrid way poseetion. Unner the Whitlam govrenment, tariffs ayont mairches war cut bi 25 percent efter 23 years o Labor bein in opposeetion

The Bob Hawke an Paul Keating govrenments frae 1983 tae 1996 pursued mony economic policies associatit wi economic rationalism an the "Thrid Way", sic as floatin the Australien Dollar in 1983, reductions in trade tariffs, taxation reforms, chynging frae centralised wage-fixin tae enterprise bargaining, the privatisation o Qantas an Commonweel Bank, an deregulatin the bankin seestem.

It is an aa said bi a umwhile staff memer o Tony Blair that New Laubour an Blair learnt frae the Hawke govrenment in the 1980s on how tae govren when thay teuk pouer in the UK.

Foregane Labor leader Kevin Rudd's first speech tae pairlament in 1998 statit:

Competitive markets are massive and generally efficient generators of economic wealth. They must therefore have a central place in the management of the economy. But markets sometimes fail, requiring direct government intervention through instruments such as industry policy. There are also areas where the public good dictates that there should be no market at all.

We are not afraid of a vision in the Labor Party, but nor are we afraid of doing the hard policy yards necessary to turn that vision into reality. Parties of the Centre Left around the world are wrestling with a similar challenge—the creation of a competitive economy while advancing the overriding imperative of a just society. Some call this the `third way'. The nomenclature is unimportant. What is important is that it is a repudiation of Thatcherism and its Australian derivatives represented opposite. It is in fact a new formulation of the nation's economic and social imperatives.

awtho Rudd describes himsel as "basically a conservative when it comes to questions of public financial management", pointin tae his sleeshin o public service jobs as a Queensland govrenmental advisor.

ALP Federal Leaders

Shown by default in chronological order of leadership

Year	Name	Term in office	Period	Time in office
1901	Chris Watson	Prime Meenister 1904	Mey 1901-October 1907	06y 07m
1907	Andrew Fisher	Prime Meenister 1908-1909, 1910-1913, 1914-1915	October 1907 – 27 October 1915	08y 00m
1915	Billy Hughes	Prime Meenister 1915-1923	27 October 1915 – 14 November 1916	01y 01m
1916	Frank Tudor		14 November 1916 – 10 Januar 1922	05y 01m
1922	Matthew Charlton		16 Mey 1922 – 29 Mairch 1928	05y 10m
1928	James Scullin	Prime Meenister 1929-1932	26 Aprile 1928 - 1 October 1935	07y 05m
1935	John Curtin	Prime Meenister 1941-1945	1 October 1935 – 5 Julie 1945	09y 09m
1945	Frank Forde	Prime Meenister 1945	6 Julie 1945 - 13 Julie 1945	00y 00m
1945	Ben Chifley	Prime Meenister 1945-1949	13 Julie 1945 - 13 Juin 1951	05y 11m
1951	Dr. H.V. Evatt		13 Juin 1951 – 9 Februar 1960	08y 07m
1960	Arthur Calwell		7 Mairch 1960 - 8 Februar 1967	06y 11m
1967	Gough Whitlam	Prime Meenister 1972-1975	9 Februar 1967 – 22 December 1977	10y 10m
1977	Bill Hayden		22 December 1977 – 3 Februar 1983	05y 01m
1983	Bob Hawke	Prime Meenister 1983-1991	3 Februar 1983 - 20 December 1991	08y 10m
1991	Paul Keating	Prime Meenister 1991-1996	20 December 1991 – 11 Mairch 1996	04y 02m
1996	Kim Beazley	First term	19 Mairch 1996 – 22 November 2001	05y 08m
2001	Simon Crean		22 November 2001 – 2 December 2003	02y 00m
2003	Mark Latham		2 December 2003 – 28 Januar 2005	01y 01m
2005	Kim Beazley	Secont term	28 Januar 2005 – 4 December 2006	01y 10m
2006	Kevin Rudd	Prime Meenister 2007-2010	4 December 2006 – 24 Juin 2010	03y 06m
2010	Julia Gillard	Prime Meenister 2010-present	24 Juin 2010–the nou	Incumbent

See an aw: Leet o ALP federal leaders bi time in office

ALP Federal Depute Leaders

Shown in chronological order of leadership

Year	Name	Notes
1901	Gregor McGregor
1914	Billy Hughes	Syne Prime Meenister 1915-23
1915	Sir George Pearce
1916	Albert Gardiner
1927	James Scullin	Syne Prime Meenister 1929-32
1928	Arthur Blakeley
1929	Ted Theodore	Foreganin Premier o Queensland 1919-25
1932	Frank Forde
1946	Dr. H.V. Evatt	Syne Leader 1951-60
1951	Arthur Calwell	Syne Leader 1960-67
1960	Gough Whitlam	Syne Prime Meenister 1972-75
1967	Lance Barnard
1974	Jim Cairns
1975	Frank Crean
1975	Tom Uren
1977	Lionel Bowen
1990	Paul Keating	Syne Prime Meenister 1991-96
1991	Brian Howe
1995	Kim Beazley	Syne Leader 1996-2001, 2005-06
1996	Gareth Evans
1998	Simon Crean	Syne Leader 2001-03
2001	Jenny Macklin
2006	Julia Gillard	Syne Prime Meenister 2010-present
2010	Wayne Swan	Incumbent

ALP State and Territory Parliamentary Leaders

Current

Katy Gallagher - Heid Meenister o the Australien Caipital Territory sin 5 November 2001
Mike Rann - Premier o Sooth Australie sin 6 Mairch 2002
Daniel Andrews - Premier o Victoria sin 30 Julie 2007
Anna Bligh - Premier o Queensland sin 13 September 2007 (first female premier o Queensland)
Paul Henderson - Heid Meenister o the Northren Territory sin 26 November 2007
Lara Giddings - Premier o Tasmanie sin 26 Mey 2008
Eric Ripper - Leader o the Opposeetion o Wastern Australie sin 23 September 2008
John Robertson - Premier o New Sooth Wales sin 4 December 2009 (first female premier o New Sooth Wales)

Foregane Premiers an Heid Meenisters

Northren Territory

Clare Martin (2001–2007, first Labor Heid Meenister o the Northren Territory, first female Heid Meenister o the Northren Territory)

Australien Caipital Territory

Rosemary Follett (1989, 1991–95, inaugural Heid Meenister o the ACT, an first female heid o govrenment o a Australien state or territory)

New Sooth Wales

Nathan Rees (2008–2009)
Morris Iemma (2005–2008)
Bob Carr (1995–2005)
Barrie Unsworth (1986–88)
Neville Wran (1976–86)
Jack Renshaw (1964–65)
Robert Heffron (1959–64)
Joseph Cahill (1952–59)
James McGirr (1947–52)
William McKell (1941–47)
Jack Lang (1925–27, 1930–32)
James Dooley (1921, 1921–22)
John Storey (1920–21)
William Holman (1913–16)
James McGowen (1910–13)

see an aw Leader o the Australien Labor Pairty in New Sooth Wales

Queensland

Peter Beattie (1998–2007)
Wayne Goss (1989–96)
Vince Gair (1952–57)
Ned Hanlon (1946–52)
Frank Cooper (1942–46)
William Forgan Smith (1932–42)
William McCormack (1925–29)
William Gillies (1925)
Ted Theodore (1919–25)
T. J. Ryan (1915–19)
Anderson Dawson (1899, warld's first leader o a pairlamentary socialist govrenment)

Sooth Australia

Lynn Arnold (1992–93)
John Bannon (1982–92)
Des Corcoran (1979)
Don Dunstan (1967–68, 1970–79)
Frank Walsh (1965–67)
Robert Richards (1933)
Lionel Hill (1926–27, 1930–33)
John Gunn (1924–26)
Crawford Vaughan (1915–17)
John Verran (1910–12)
Thomas Price (1905–09)

Tasmanie

Paul Lennon (2004–08)
Jim Bacon (1998–2004)
Michael Field (1989–92)
Harry Holgate (1981–82)
Doug Lowe (1977–81)
Bill Neilson (1975–77)
Eric Reece (1958–69, 1972–75)
Edward Brooker (1947–48)
Robert Cosgrove (1939–47, 1948–58)
Edmund Dwyer-Gray (1939)
Albert Ogilvie (1934–39)
Joseph Lyons (1923–28)
John Earle (1909, 1914–16)

Victoria

Steve Bracks (1999–2007)
Joan Kirner (1990–92, first female premier o Victoria)
John Cain II (1982–90)
John Cain (senior) (1943, 1945–47, 1952–55)
Edmond Hogan (1927–28, 1929–32)
George Prendergast (1924)
George Elmslie (1913)

Western Australia

Alan Carpenter (2006–08)
Geoff Gallop (2001–06)
Carmen Lawrence (1990–93, first female premier o a Australien state)
Peter Dowding (1988–90)
Brian Burke (1983–88)
John Tonkin (1971–74)
Albert Hawke (1953–59)
Frank Wise (1945–47)
John Willcock (1936–45)
Philip Collier (1924–30, 1933–36)
John Scaddan (1911–16)
Henry Daglish (1904–05)

Ither foregane Labor politeecians

See Category:Australien Labor Pairty politeecians

For current ALP federal politeecians, see: