The Labor Right is the organised faction of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) that tends to be more economically liberal and socially conservative. WikipediaManual of Style#National varieties of English.-->A political faction The faction's formal name at a national level is Labor Unity, although this name is rarely encountered outside of Party conferences.

Nationally, the Right is a broad alliance of the various Right state groupings. For example the New South Wales right are know as Labor Unity while their Victorian colleagues organize under the banner of Center Unity. ACT right faction members belong to Center Coalition and the Queensland right entitles itself Labor Forum. Factional power usually finds expression in the percentage vote of aligned delegates at party conferences. The power of the Labor Right varies from state to state, but it usually relies on certain trade unions, such as the Australian Workers Union and the Shop Distributive and Allied Employees Association which send factionaly aligned delegates to conference and also from ordinary party members with right wing alliance. Template talkInfobox Union for usage --> The Australian Workers' Union (AWU is one of Australia 's largest Template talkInfobox Union for usage --> The Shop Distributive and Allied Employees Association (SDA is the largest

The Right is currently the dominant faction in the Labor party, with leader Kevin Rudd coming from this faction. WikipediaManual of Style#National varieties of English.-->A political faction Kevin Michael Rudd (born 21 September 1957 is the 26th and current Prime Minister of Australia and federal leader of the Centre-left Australian Labor The faction also holds a majority on the party's National Executive. The faction has 41 of the 88 Federal Labor MP's. State Premiers such as Morris Iemma and John Brumby are also associated with the Right. Morris Iemma (ˈjɛmə (born 21 July 1961 is an Australian politician and 40th Premier of New South Wales, succeeding Bob Carr, who resigned on 3 John Mansfield Brumby (born 21 April 1953 Australian Labor Party politician is the 45th Premier of Victoria, assuming office on 30 July 2007 after the resignation A recent and unusual exception to this rule is new Queensland Premier Anna Bligh who is a left member and was groomed for the Premiership by Premier Peter Beattie of the Labor right. Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern corner of the mainland continent A premier is a title for the Head of government in some countries Anna Maria Bligh (born 14 July 1960 is an Australian politician and the current Premier of Queensland. This article is about the Australian party faction for the Norwegian political party see Socialist Left Party (Norway The Peter Douglas Beattie (born 18 November 1952) Australian politician was the 36th Premier of the Australian state of Queensland

Factional Control

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In a 2005 speech prominent Left Faction member, John Faulkner describe the factional system in Australian Labor as being less about ideology and more about patronage. John Philip Faulkner (born 12 April 1954) has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian Senate since April 1989 representing Patronage is the support encouragement privilege and often financial aid given by a person or an organization Faulkner pointed out that Unions did not control the ALP but rather the factions which control the party also control the Unions. A trade union or labour union is an organization of workers who have banded together to achieve common goals in key areas such as wages hours and working conditions forming Furthermore, he described the typical career path for aspiring political apparatchiks "a university degree in law or industrial relations, a paid job in a union, leadership in a union, various positions in the ALP (including paid positions) culminating in a State Secretaryship or the like, nomination to the Senate or to a safe House of Representatives seat. "^[1]

Political views

An overriding theme of Labor right wing governance is of balance between progressive social change and the need for sound economic management as the pathway to community development and growth. For the Labor right, there is a time for change and a time to maintain the status quo and that time is measured by community expectations and needs rather than principles of political correctness. Status quo is a Latin term meaning the present existing state of affairs or "the state in which" Political correctness (adjectivally politically correct; both forms commonly abbreviated to PC) is a term applied to Language, ideas policies or behavior In this context, good community representation and a healthy dialog with the Socialist Left wing of the party is an essential component of continual party debate and policy formulation.

Many Roman Catholics have been prominent and influential in the Labor Party, both inside and outside the auspices of the Labor Right faction. Labor socialists and protestant conservatives alike have historically criticized the faction as beholden to papal authority. However this has decreased since the 1970's with the gradual erosion of sectarianism in Australian politics.

The Right views itself as the more mainstream and fiscally responsible faction within the ALP. Some right members derive power and policy from the community they serve while others take a more Machiavellian real politic approach. Machiavellianism is the term that some social and personality psychologists use to describe a person's tendency to deceive and manipulate others for personal gain Realism, also known as political realism, in the context of International relations, encompasses a variety of theories and approaches all of which share a belief In a now infamous address the the Australian Fabian Society, Right faction luminary Robert Ray warned that not "every candidate needs an Honours Degree in Apparatchikism". The Australian Fabian Society was established in 1947. Inspired by the Fabian Society in the United Kingdom, it is dedicated to Fabianism the focus on Robert Ray may refer to Robert D Ray (born 1928 Governor of Iowa 1969 to 1983 Robert Ray (Australian politician (born 1947 In the same speech he described factionalism gone wrong, critisising "the suffocating collaboration of factional Daleks – such as Conroy and Carr. A Dalek (, ˈdɑːlεk is a member of a Fictional extraterrestrial race of Mutants from the British science fiction television Stephen Michael Conroy (born 18 January 1963 is an Australian politician and the current Minister for Broadband Communications and the Digital Economy in the Rudd Labor Kim John Carr (born 2 July 1955) has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian Senate since April 1993 representing the state ^[2]

The Right is most famous for its support of Third Way policies over Labor's traditional social democratic/democratic socialist policies, such as the economic rationalist policies of the Hawke and Keating governments, such as floating the Australian Dollar in 1983, reductions in trade tariffs, taxation reforms, changing from centralised wage-fixing to enterprise bargaining, the privatisation of Qantas and Commonwealth Bank, and deregulating the banking system. The Third Way is a term that has been used to describe a variety of political philosophies of governance that embracing a mix of market and interventionist philosophies Social democracy is a Political ideology of the left and centre-left Democratic socialism is a description used by various socialist movements tendencies and organizations to emphasize the democratic character of their political orientation Economic rationalism is an Australian term in discussion of Microeconomic policy applicable to the economic policy of many governments around the world in particular during Robert James Lee (Bob Hawke, AC (born 9 December 1929 was the 23rd Prime Minister of Australia and longest serving Australian Labor Party Prime Minister Paul John Keating (born 18 January 1944 was the 24th Prime Minister of Australia, from 1991 to 1996 A floating currency is a Currency that uses a Floating exchange rate as its Exchange rate regime. The Australian dollar ( sign: $; code: AUD) is the Currency of the Commonwealth of Australia, including Christmas For other uses of this word see Tariff (disambiguation. A tariff is a tax imposed on goods when they are moved across a political boundary An Enterprise Bargaining Agreement (EBA consists of a collective industrial Agreement between either an Employer and a Trade union Qantas Airways Limited (ˈkwɔntəs ( is the National airline of Australia. The Commonwealth Bank of Australia ( is the largest bank in Australia. These reforms foreshadowed the high growth economy of the 80's, 90's and into the new millennium.

Criticisms

While the Right has dominated the Federal level of the Party for over 50 years, the general trend of economic policy within the Labor party towards the right has led to the situation where past leaders of the Right, such as Ben Chifley, would now be considered radical socialists in comparison to more recent Right leaders such as Paul Keating and Kim Beazley. Joseph Benedict Chifley (22 September 1885 &ndash 13 June 1951 Australian politician and 16th Prime Minister of Australia, was one of Australia's most influential Prime Ministers Paul John Keating (born 18 January 1944 was the 24th Prime Minister of Australia, from 1991 to 1996 For Kim Beazley's father Kim Beazley senior, see Kim Edward Beazley.

A criticism of the dominance of the Right in the ALP is that it has led to a situation where the Labor party has moved to the political centre on some serious issues of policy, in particular economics and national security. In response, members of the Right emphasise the need of the Party to support economic practices that allow Australia to remain internationally competitive, and allay the fears of many voters that Labor is not a fiscally responsible party. In addition, they stress the need to maintain a broad constituent base that includes the "aspirational voters" of Middle Australia. Middle Australia is a term used to describe Middle class, Suburban families of Australia.

The Right's chief objective is to maximise its own influence at the expense of the Left - an aim which it accomplishes through various means. This article is about the Australian party faction for the Norwegian political party see Socialist Left Party (Norway The Internal ballots are often viciously contested between Right and Left candidates, and in the past, allegations of unscrupulous conduct in regard to balloting processes (eg. branch stacking) have been a feature of such contests for both sides. In Australian politics, branch stacking is the act of enrolling persons to a party by offering inducement or enrolling persons for the principal purpose of influencing the outcome

Youth Wing

While the senior faction is broken into various state and union based groupings the Young Labor Right is organized around the various parliamentarian factional leaders and power brokers. The major Victorian Right Faction Youth Wing is Young Labor Network. Former Network members include Tim Holding, Bill Shorten and Martin Pakula. Tim Holding (born 21 August, 1972) is an Australian Politician. William Richard "Bill" Shorten (born 12 May 1967 is an Australian Politician, the Member for Maribyrnong in the Australian Parliament Martin Pakula, born 7 January 1969, Melbourne Victoria. Pakula is an Australian politician is a member of the Victorian Legislative Council

Current members of the Labor Right

In the Australian Capital Territory

Federal Parliament: Annette Ellis
ACT Parliament: Andrew Barr, John Hargreaves, Mary Porter, Karin MacDonald. } The Australian Capital Territory (ACT is the Capital territory of the Commonwealth of Australia and its smallest self-governing internal territory Annette Louise Ellis (born 13 October 1946 Australian politician has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives Andrew Barr (born 1973 is an Australian politician He has been an Australian Labor Party member for the seat of Molonglo in the Australian Capital John Hargreaves is an Australian Politician. He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly Mary Porter AM is a Labor member of the ACT Assembly. She was first elected to the Assembly in October 2004 Former members include: Terry Connolly, Ted Quinlan, Ros Kelly. Terrence "Terry" Connolly ( 14 February 1958 &ndash 25 September 2007) was an Australian politician and judge Ted Quinlan is an Australian politician He was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly from Ros Kelly AO (born 25 January 1948) was a member of the Australian House of Representatives for the Division of Canberra from

In New South Wales

Chris Bowen, Sharon Bird, Tony Burke, Justine Elliot, Joel Fitzgibbon, Michael Forshaw, Chris Hayes, Michael Hatton, Steve Hutchins, Julia Irwin, Rob McClelland, John Murphy, Roger Price, Ursula Stephens. Christopher Eyles "Chris" Bowen (born 17 January 1973 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian federal politician Sharon Leah Bird (born 15 November 1962) is an Australian politician Anthony Stephen (Tony Burke (born 4 November 1969) is an Australian politician representing the Labor Party. The Hon Maria Justine Elliot MP (born 29 July 1967) Australian politician was elected to the House of Representatives as member for the Joel Andrew Fitzgibbon (born 16 January 1962) is the Minister for Defence in the First Rudd Ministry. Michael George Forshaw (born 11 January 1952) Australian politician has been a member of the Australian Senate for the state of New Christopher Patrick "Chris" Hayes (born 17 July 1955) Australian Labor Party Politician, was elected to the Australian House Michael John Hatton (b 28 August 1951, Sydney) was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives Stephen Patrick Hutchins (born 22 April 1956) Australian politician has been a member of the Australian Senate for the state of New South Julia Claire Irwin (born 8 November 1951) Australian politician has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives Robert Bruce McClelland (born 26 January 1958) is the Attorney-General of Australia. John Paul Murphy (born 31 May 1950) Australian politician has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives Leo Roger Spurway Price (born 26 November, 1945) is an Australian politician Ursula Mary Stephens (born July 7, 1954) is an Australian politician
NSW Parliament include: Morris Iemma, Reba Meagher, Kristina Keneally, Michael Costa, Joe Tripodi, Frank Sartor and John Della Bosca. Morris Iemma (ˈjɛmə (born 21 July 1961 is an Australian politician and 40th Premier of New South Wales, succeeding Bob Carr, who resigned on 3 Reba Paige Meagher (born 1967 is a former Australian Politician who was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, representing the Kristina Keneally is the third American -born member of the New South Wales Parliament. Michael Costa may refer to Michael Costa (politician, Australian politician Michael Costa (conductor, Italian-born conductor and composer Joseph Guerino Tripodi (born 25 November 1967) is an Australian politician elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Frank Ernest Sartor is an Australian Labor Party (ALP politician currently serving as Member for Rockdale in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly John Joseph Della Bosca is an Australian politician representing the Australian Labor Party in the New South Wales Legislative Council.

In Queensland

Arch Bevis, Craig Emerson, John Hogg, Joe Ludwig, Bernie Ripoll, Kevin Rudd, Wayne Swan. Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern corner of the mainland continent Archibald Ronald "Arch" Bevis (born 10 April 1955 Australian politician has been a Labor member of the Australian House of Representatives Craig Anthony Emerson (born 15 November 1954) Australian politician has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House For other people of this name see John Hogg (disambiguation. The Hon Joseph William Ludwig (born 21 July 1959) Australian politician has been a member of the Australian Senate for the state of Queensland Bernard Fernand Ripoll (born 6 January 1966) is an Australian politician Kevin Michael Rudd (born 21 September 1957 is the 26th and current Prime Minister of Australia and federal leader of the Centre-left Australian Labor Wayne Maxwell Swan (born 30 June 1954 is an Australian politician Queensland Parliament include: Peter Beattie

In South Australia

Annette Hurley, Kate Ellis, Dana Wortley, Linda Kirk, Nick Champion, Amanda Rishworth, Lindsay Simmons, Don Farrell, Jack Snelling, Michael O'Brien, Tom Koutsantonis, Tom Kenyon, Chloe Fox, Michael Wright, Carmel Zollo, Michael Atkinson,Robyn Geraghty, Lyn Breuer, Lea Stevens, John Rau, Kevin Foley, Trish White

In Tasmania

Helen Polley. Peter Douglas Beattie (born 18 November 1952) Australian politician was the 36th Premier of the Australian state of Queensland South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country Annette Kay Hurley (born 23 March 1955 Australian Politician, has been an Labor member of the Australian Senate since July 2005 representing Katherine Margaret "Kate" Ellis MP (born 22 September 1977) is an Australian politician and has been Minister for Youth and Dana Johanna Wortley (born 1959 in Adelaide) Australian Politician, is a Labor Senator for South Australia. Linda Jean Kirk (born 24 May 1967) is an Australian politician Nicholas David "Nick" Champion (born February 27 1972 in Kapunda, South Australia) is the ALP Member of the Australian Amanda Louise Rishworth (born 10 July 1978 is the Australian Labor Party MP for electorate of Kingston having won her seat in the 2007 federal election Lindsay Simmons is a South Australian politician and the Labor member for the Electoral district of Morialta. Donald Edward Farrell (born 6 June 1954) is an Australian politician and former trade union leader Jack Snelling is an Australian politician who has been the sitting Labor member for the Electoral district of Playford since 1997 Michael O'Brien is the Labor member for Napier in the South Australian House of Assembly. Tom Koutsantonis is the current member for the Electoral district of West Torrens where he has lived his entire life attending Netley Primary School and Adelaide High School Tom Kenyon is an Australian politician He is the Australian Labor Party member-elect for the electorate of Newland in the South Australian House of Chloe Fox (born 1971 is an Australian Politician, and the Labor member for the South Australian state Electoral district of Bright Michael Wright is an Australian politician He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the South Australian House of Assembly since 1997, Carmel Zollo is an Australian Politician, and an Australian Labor Party member of the South Australian Legislative Council since 1997 Michael Atkinson, Australian Politician, is the current South Australian Attorney-General, Justice Minister for Veterans' Affairs and Minister Robyn Geraghty has been the sitting Labor member for the Electoral district of Torrens in South Australia since 1994 Lyn Breuer, Australian Politician, is a member of the South Australian House of Assembly. Lea Stevens is an Australian politician and has been the sitting Labor party member for the Electoral district of Little Para since 1994 John Rau is an Australian politician He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the South Australian House of Assembly since 2002, representing Kevin Owen Foley, Australian Politician, is the current Deputy Premier of South Australia, serving under Premier Mike Rann. Trish White is an Australian politician who has been the sitting Labor member for the Electoral district of Taylor since 1994 Tasmania is an Australian island and state of the same name It is located south of the eastern side of the Continent, being separated from it by Bass Helen Beatrice Polley ( February 9, 1957) is an Australian Labor Party Senator for the state of Tasmania, since July 1
Tasmanian Parliament: Paul Lennon, Steve Kons, David Crean, David Lewellyn. Paul Anthony Lennon (born 8 October 1955)is an Australian Labor Party politician Steven Kons (born 17 September 1962, Melbourne) is an Australian Labor politician and member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly David Crean is a former member of the Parliament of Tasmania.

In Victoria

Anna Burke, Anthony Byrne, Stephen Conroy, Simon Crean, Michael Danby, Robert Ray, Nicola Roxon, Bill Shorten, Kelvin Thomson. Anna Elizabeth Burke (born 1 January 1966 Australian politician has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since Anthony Michael Byrne (born 1 December 1962 is an Australian politician and an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives Stephen Michael Conroy (born 18 January 1963 is an Australian politician and the current Minister for Broadband Communications and the Digital Economy in the Rudd Labor Simon Findlay Crean (born 26 February 1949) is an Australian Politician, and current Minister for Trade in the Australian Federal Government Michael David Danby (born 16 February 1955) is an Australian politician and has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian Robert Francis Ray (born 8 April 1947 Australian politician was an Australian Labor Party member of the Senate from July 1981 to May 2008 representing Nicola Louise Roxon (born 1 April 1967) is an Australian politician and is the Minister for Health and Ageing. William Richard "Bill" Shorten (born 12 May 1967 is an Australian Politician, the Member for Maribyrnong in the Australian Parliament Kelvin John Thomson (born 1 May 1955 is an Australian politician
Victorian Parliament: John Brumby, Steve Bracks, John Lenders, Tim Holding, Theo Theophanous, Martin Pakula, Fiona Richardson, Marsha Thomson, Christine Campbell, Tony Robinson, Daniel Andrews, James Merlino. John Mansfield Brumby (born 21 April 1953 Australian Labor Party politician is the 45th Premier of Victoria, assuming office on 30 July 2007 after the resignation Stephen Philip Bracks (better known as Steve Bracks (born 15 October, 1954) is a former Australian politician and the 44th Premier of Victoria John Lenders MLC is the Treasurer in Victoria Australia. He was appointed to this position in August 2007 following the appointment of new premier John Tim Holding (born 21 August, 1972) is an Australian Politician. Theo Charles Theophanous (born 16 June, 1948) is an Australian politician currently serving in the Victorian Legislative Council representing Martin Pakula, born 7 January 1969, Melbourne Victoria. Pakula is an Australian politician is a member of the Victorian Legislative Council Fiona Richardson (born November 22, 1966], Australian Labor Party politician is the current member Marsha Thomson, born 21 December 1955, Melbourne Victoria, is an Australian politician is a member of the Victorian Legislative Council Christine Campbell ( Née Kimble) is the title character of The New Adventures of Old Christine, portrayed by Julia Louis-Dreyfus in Dr Tony Robinson (born 15 August 1946 in Leytonstone, London) is an English Actor, broadcaster and Daniel Andrews (born 6 July, 1972) is an Australian politician James Anthony Merlino (born 19 August, 1972) is an Australian politician currently serving as the member for Monbulk in the Victorian Legislative

In Western Australia

Kim Beazley, Mark Bishop, Graham Edwards, Stephen Smith, Glenn Sterle. Western Australia is a state occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. For Kim Beazley's father Kim Beazley senior, see Kim Edward Beazley. Thomas Mark Bishop (born 29 June 1954) has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian Senate representing the state of Graham John Edwards (born 18 July 1946) Australian politician was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Stephen Francis Smith (born 12 December 1955) is the Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs. Glenn Sterle (born January 3, 1960) is an Australian politician WA Parliament: Michelle Roberts, Mark McGowan, Margaret Quirk. Not to be confused with the British writer Michèle Roberts. Michelle Hopkins Roberts (born 1960) is an Australian politician Mark McGowan is the name of Mark McGowan (politician (born 1967 Labor member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly Mark McGowan Margaret Mary Quirk is a current Australian Labor Party MP serving the role of Minister for Corrective Services Small Business Minister Assisting the Minister for Federal-State

Further reading

• Cumming, Fia (1991) Mates : five champions of the Labor right. Sydney : Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1863730214. Library catalogue summary: Paul Keating, Graham Richardson, Laurie Brereton, Bob Carr and Leo McLeay recount events which shaped the Australian labour movement from the 1960’s to the 1980’s.

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