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The
Australian Labor Party
(ALP) is one of the two major political parties in
Australia
. The party was formed in 1891, and is the oldest political party in Australia. It is a
social democratic
party with strong links to the
Trade Union
movement. Since 1944, their main opponents have been the
Liberal Party
. Since the
2022 federal election
, the Labor Party became the majority government of Australia with
Anthony Albanese
as prime minister.
In the
state and territory
parliaments, Labor currently governs in every state and territory except
Tasmania
.
In the 1860s the
trade unions
in Australia began to try to get better wages and working conditions for their members. They were defeated by
employers
, the legal system, and the governments of the Australian colonies. Workers soon decided that they needed to become active in
politics
, and make changes through parliament. The first meeting of the ALP is said to have taken place in
Barcaldine, Queensland
in 1891.
[2]
A group of shearers, who were involved in a big strike action, held a meeting in the shade of a large ghost gum (
eucalyptus
) tree,
Corymbia aparrerinja
.
[3]
This tree became known as the "Tree of Knowledge".
[2]
ALP Prime Ministers of Australia
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- Chris Watson
, 1904.
- Andrew Fisher
, 1908?1909 and 1910?1913 and 1914?1915.
- Billy Hughes
, 1915
- James Scullin
, 1929?1932.
- John Curtin
, 1941?1945.
- Frank Forde
, 1945.
- Ben Chifley
, 1945?1949
- Gough Whitlam
, 1972?1975.
- Bob Hawke
, 1983?1991.
- Paul Keating
, 1991?1996.
- Kevin Rudd
, 2007?2010.
- Julia Gillard
, 2010?2013.
- Kevin Rudd
, 2013.
- Anthony Albanese
, since 2022.
Current leaders of states and territories of Australia
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