The Latest Breaking News from Labor

Fresh pressure on Albanese govt to recognise Palestine

Motions calling on the Albanese government to recognise Palestine and rethink the AUKUS deal ensured a fiery finish to the Victorian Labor conference.

AAP · Jun 18, 2023

Labor has boosted its housing package but will it be enough to win over the Greens?

The government and the Greens have made compromises over the housing future fund, but sticking points remain

The Guardian - AU · Jun 18, 2023

No pets allowed: NSW pushed to act on ‘urgent’ need to make rentals more animal-friendly

Animal Justice party will put forward an amendment to the government’s bill that further strengthens laws allowing renters to own pets

The Guardian - AU · Jun 17, 2023

Labor pledges $2b extra for housing as bill stalls

PM Anthony Albanese has upped the ante on housing spending, proposing a new $2 billion fund as the Greens block a key election promise.

The New Daily · Jun 16, 2023

Labor pledges $2b extra housing support as bill stalls

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese upped the ante on public housing spending, announcing a $2 billion fund as the Greens block a key election promise.

AAP · Jun 16, 2023

Labor faithful urged to hit voice referendum hustings

Rank-and-file Victorian Labor members have been urged to throw their support behind the voice to parliament during speeches by their state and federal leaders.

AAP · Jun 16, 2023

Australia’s politicians agree on one thing – it was a shocking week in parliament

Having spent two years trying to do better on sexual violence allegations, the damage will reverberate for some time

The Guardian - AU · Jun 16, 2023

The Coalition’s women problem is writ large in a here-we-go-again moment that returns parliament to its darkest days

Talking up the grossness of politics is a losing strategy, and one that has already backfired for the opposition

The Guardian - AU · Jun 16, 2023

Factions, power and Daniel Andrews: Victorian Labor prepares for its first state conference in more than three years

They used to be the setting of some of the party’s most dramatic spats. But the biggest realignment of factional power has occurred behind close doors

The Guardian - AU · Jun 16, 2023

Labor announces $2bn for ‘thousands’ of new social rental homes and passes motion to make housing a human right

Prime minister Anthony Albanese also lambasts Greens over Senate stalemate, saying they are ‘happy to promise the world, while organising a petition against every new apartment building’

The Guardian - AU · Jun 16, 2023