What are we here for? Anthony Albanese’s Labor government faces the defining test of its appetite for reform

In the first of a two-part series, Labor insiders weigh up the competing stresses on the government in what was meant to be its central year to deliver change ...
Opinion

Will the evolution of Labor’s left from firebrands to centrists define Albanese’s leadership?

The party’s activist wing has probably never held such power, yet the PM offers uncritical support for Aukus and refuses to criticise Trump’s acts of war ...

Labor's absence in Farrer by-election could reshape poll outcome

The Labor Party has opted not to run a candidate in tomorrow's Farrer by-election, which will result in a redistribution of ...

Labor machine snubs Jacinta Allan in Essendon farce

Labor’s Essendon preselection has descended from a local backlash into a procedural farce at the highest levels of the party, ...
Crikey

‘Our aspiration should be to replace the Labor Party’: Max Chandler-Mather on what went wrong in the 2025 election

Anthony Albanese’s least favourite Green has some things to say about the party, what went wrong in 2025, and what it does ...
The Diplomat

The Australian Labor Party’s Foreign Policy No Longer Matches the World’s Realities

The party’s platform clings to the U.S. alliance while ignoring its own commitment to self-reliance and the opportunities of the Asia-Pacific. In July, the Australian Labor Party (ALP) will hold its ...
World Socialist Web Site

Australian health reports expose Labor’s Medicare election promises

Recent health statistics, plus a departmental briefing to the Albanese government, have confirmed the fraud of Labor’s May 3 election pledge that by 2030, 90 percent of people could see a doctor under ...