The biggest political meeting in Australia, this week’s meeting of ALP heavyweights is a carefully stage-managed affair.
stuck to the script on Wednesday, saying he expected the meeting at Brisbane’s Convention Centre to help steer Labor’s next three years in government.
But the conference – the biggest political meeting in Australia, held every three years – is a carefully stage-managed affair.Many heated factional fights take place in the weeks and months leading up to the event, with the party’s 49th conference opening on Thursday focused firmly on Labor’s pitch for a second term.
Foreign Minister Penny Wong – a key ally of Mr Albanese – is another force at the top of the Left. Senator Wong and International Development Minister Pat Conroy have been influential in negotiating foreign policy-related motions,On the organisational side of the party, Assistant Minister for Trade and Manufacturing Tim Ayres and Victorian senator Linda White are particularly influential. Both are members of the ALP national executive.
Former party grandees are exerting influence as well. Former leader Paul Keating – who is not expected to be at this year’s conference – and former foreign ministers Gareth Evans and Bob Carr have navigated internal fights on the Israel motions.
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