Once every election cycle, delegates from each of Labor’s factions gather to decide on the party’s policy platform. This shapes what Labor takes to the next federal election, acting as both a policy framework and a vision of what party members want the political arm to achieve when in power.
Labor’s 49th national conference, which begins on Thursday, is the first in more than a decade to be held while the party is in government and the first where the left factions hold the power on the voting floor.
