Views of my PhD thesis on Scribd (on why union affiliation has become a burden for unions and the ALP) have climbed 20% in the last couple of weeks, now at 1220.
Community backs beseiged gay Labor senator - Star Observer
In a joint letter signed by some 22 LGBTI rights advocates, the group said they were concerned amid reports Pratt was facing a challenge from Joe Bullock, head of the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees’ Association (SDA) in Western Australia.
Whatever happened to warts and all review of ALP? - Ben Westcott, Crikey
Two years on from a comprehensive review to overhaul the Labor party, the party has squibbed on most of the significant reforms proposed. The report, written by Labor identities Steve Bracks, John Faulkner and Bob Carr in 2011, is gathering dust on a shelf. And the federal Labor government is at a catastrophic low in the polls as it appears to be on course for an electoral wipeout.
Given the extensive and long-running media coverage of Labor’s malaise, Crikey decided to investigate how much of the Labor review has been implemented. This confirmed that less than half of the report’s recommendations have been enacted, with the rest either rejected or delegated to committees and lost in Labor’s internal bureaucracy.
Many of the rejected reforms tried in some way to curtail the exceptional powers of union leaders and high-profile party members. These included direct election of the president and vice-presidents by the party base, and rulings to stop the national executive interfering in preselection battles. Another recommendation to hold US-style primaries for seats was adopted but severely watered down following pressure from powerful union leaders. Federal primaries have been expressly ruled out, while a limited number will be trialled in upcoming state elections in NSW and Victoria.
Labor factions jockey for ueensland poll positions - Courier Mail
Ms Newton will benefit from a factional deal that saw the Australian Workers' Union seize control of Labor preselections in Sandgate and Nudgee in return for backing a Left candidate Peter Freeleagus in the federal electorate of Capricornia.
But senior figures in the ALP insisted the AWU will not run a candidate in Nudgee because to do so would spark outright "war" with the rival Labor Unity faction. The former failed candidate in Nudgee, Leanne Linard, is being touted to stand again.
Queensland Labor MPs beaten in the federal election could be parachuted into winnable state seats - Courier Mail
It is believed Shayne Neumann and Yvette D'Ath are in line to bolster state ranks after a likely wipeout in the September 14 federal poll.
Mr Neumann and Ms D'Ath would take up the state seats of Ipswich and Redcliffe respectively - covering the federal electorates of Blair and Petrie, which they now represent.
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