Australian Labor Party
Federal political party in Australia
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| 2025 | Anthony Albanese led Labor to a landslide victory in the federal election, securing a majority government. |
| 2025 | Under Roger Cook's leadership, the party maintains a majority government with 12 seats, securing 41.67% of votes |
| 2024 |
Steven Miles became party leader, competing in the state election and winning 16 seats with 32.56% of votes, positioning as the 2nd opposition party.
Queensland election: how Steven Miles went from underdog to attack dog in the dying days of the campaign | Queensland election 2024 | The Guardian
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Queensland election updates: Steven Miles tenders resignation as premier after election defeat but wants to 'stay on' as Labor leader - ABC News
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| 2024 | Multiple blue-collar trade unions, including the Electrical Trades Union of Australia, Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union of Australia, and Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union, disaffiliated from the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU). |
| 2024 | Labor suffers its second-worst election result. Party leader Eva Lawler loses her seat, becoming the third Chief Minister and first Labor Chief Minister to do so. |
| 2024 | Selena Uibo becomes leader of Territory Labor branch |
| 2024 | After the Tasmanian state election and three consecutive election losses, Rebecca White announced her resignation as party leader. |
| 2024 | Labor retained government in the ACT elections. |
| 2024 | Steven Miles continues as leader of Queensland Labor government |
| 2024 | Eva Lawler continues as Chief Minister of the Northern Territory. |
| 2024 | Dr. Tricia Kavanagh becomes the current President of the New South Wales Labor Party. |
| 2024 | The party maintains 1 seat in Opposition with 29.00% of votes. |
| 2024 | Dean Winter became the party leader following the Tasmanian State Election. |
| September 3 2024 | Selena Uibo becomes the first Aboriginal woman to lead a major political party in Australia when she is elected leader of the Territory Labor Party. |
| 2023 | The party adopted a new constitution with the socialist objective subject to numerous modifications and clarifications. |
| 2023 | The ACTU, along with the Health Services Union and Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union, began a campaign calling for a levy on non-union workers benefiting from collective bargaining wage increases. |
| 2023 | Paul Farrow becomes the National Secretary of the AWU, continuing the organization's leadership succession. |
| 2023 | State and federal branches of the Labor Party reported $67.5 million in total donations, with the largest single donation of $1 million coming from Anthony Pratt. |
| 2023 | Roger Cook succeeds Mark McGowan as Premier of Western Australia. |
| 2023 | Jacinta Allan becomes Premier of Victoria, succeeding Daniel Andrews |
| 2023 | Steven Miles succeeds Annastacia Palaszczuk as Queensland premier |
| 2023 | Eva Lawler succeeds Natasha Fyles as Chief Minister of the Northern Territory. |
| 2023 | Labor Party officially achieves two election commitments: enshrining Sydney Water and Hunter Water as permanent public institutions, and raising the stamp duty exemption threshold for first-home buyers from $650,000 to $800,000. |
| 2023 | Ben Carroll becomes Deputy Premier following Jacinta Allan's resignation. |
| October 14 2023 | The Australian Indigenous Voice referendum was held, with a majority of voters nationwide and in all states voting against the proposal. |
| September 27 2023 | Jacinta Allan and Ben Carroll became the party leader and deputy leader, respectively. |
| August 17 2023 | The 49th Australian Labor Party National Conference was held at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, attended by over 2,000 delegates, marking the most recent national conference after a Covid-19 induced hiatus. |
| June 6 2023 | Mark McGowan resigns from party leadership |
| June 6 2023 | Roger Cook becomes party leader and assumes the premiership in 2023. |
| March 2023 | New South Wales Labor Party wins the state election, forming a minority government with Chris Minns becoming Premier. |
| 2022 | Election analyst Ben Raue highlighted limitations in the two-party-preferred count method, demonstrating how seat margins could be misleading, such as in the Macnamara seat where preference shifts could dramatically alter the election outcome. |
| 2022 | Psephologist Antony Green noted the expanded crossbench size made the traditional Mackerras pendulum format challenging, suggesting a need for more attention to crossbench representation. |
| 2022 | Pollster Jim Reed developed the Reed Pendulum post-election, introducing a new three-armed classification system to better represent contests involving minor parties and independent candidates. |
| 2022 | Anthony Albanese was elected leader and led the Labor Party to victory in the federal election. |
| 2022 | Peter Malinauskas becomes the most recent Labor Premier of South Australia, taking office in 2022 and continuing to lead the state at the time of this record. |
| 2022 | Peter Malinauskas assumes leadership of the South Australian Labor Party. |
| 2022 | Natasha Fyles becomes Chief Minister of the Northern Territory, succeeding Michael Gunner. |
| 2022 | Anthony Albanese assumes the role of Prime Minister of Australia, marking a significant milestone for the Labor Party leadership. |
| 2022 | The Andrews Government was re-elected for a third term, winning 56 seats in the Legislative Assembly and 15 of 40 seats in the Legislative Council. |
| 2022 | Jacinta Allan becomes Deputy Premier following Daniel Andrews' resignation, serving until 2023. |
| October 2022 | The Global Project Against Hate and Extremism (GPAHE) released a report classifying the Australia First Party as a 'white nationalist' and 'anti-immigrant' group. |
| September 2022 | New South Wales Labor Party takes the lead in primary vote polls for the first time in over a decade. |
| July 2022 | IBAC and Victorian Ombudsman released a report finding 'extensive misconduct' by Victorian Labor MPs from the Moderate Labor faction in branch stacking activities. |
| July 2022 | The ALP National Executive took control of the Tasmanian branch, suspending the state conference and administrative committee. Doug Cameron and Nick Sherry were appointed as administrators. |
| May 2022 | Natasha Fyles takes over leadership from Michael Gunner |
| May 23 2022 | The 46th Parliament concluded with the federal election results, transitioning to a new parliamentary term. |
| January 26 2022 | The Morrison government transferred the Aboriginal flag's copyright to the Commonwealth, effectively making it freely usable by all Australians without permission or payment. |
| January 12 2022 | The party was de-registered by the Australian Electoral Commission for failing to meet the increased requirement of 1,500 members. |
| 2021 | Queensland Labor Party reported a membership of 10,000 members |
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