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Combet blasts ALP whingers

Chris Johnson Senior cabinet minister Greg Combet has attacked some of his Labor Party colleagues as ''whingers'' in an angry and expletive-laden speech to supporters and donors, expressing his frustration at...

Michael Gordon

ALP's poor performance gives Abbott a dream start

Michael Gordon A combination of bad management, poor communications, ill-discipline and poor timing by Labor have handed Tony Abbott a dream start to this election year.

Amanda Vanstone

ALP stumbles in defining its core strategy

Amanda Vanstone Political party rooms can be frustrating places. They are where all the different views from around the nation get an airing.

Michelle Grattan

ALP seeing red over Green alignment

Michelle Grattan There's been sniping before between Labor and the Greens, but now we have a serious conflict.

Tim Colebatch

ALP threat carries high risks

Tim Colebatch Like them or loathe them, the Greens are Labor's ally.

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Narelle Miragliotta

ALP's big Greens gamble

Narelle Miragliotta Labor's recent declaration of war against the Australian Greens is a very public concession that the minor party has moved from political fringe dweller to a credible electoral threat.

Ross McMullin

Earlier ALP leadership wars offer solace - for optimists

Ross McMullin On October 30, 1907, a ballot for the leadership of the federal Labor Party was held.

ALP walks into first election promise

In its first policy announcement for the 2012 election ACT Labor has promised to expand the nurse-led Walk-In Centre at Canberra Hospital by double funding for the service.

Peter Hartcher

Federal ALP needs to stand for something

Peter Hartcher Queensland is the fourth state in four years to dismiss a Labor government. Those states contain 87 per cent of Australia's population.

Peter Costello

Queensland tsunami is heading for federal ALP

Peter Costello Wayne Swan claims mining billionaires threaten our democracy. But the likes of Clive Palmer and Gina Rinehart do not threaten him nearly as much as another, far more important, species - the...

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Robert Manne

The long goodbye: missteps along the ALP's broken road

Robert Manne Almost every political observer recognises that unless something altogether unexpected happens, by late 2013 Australia will have an Abbott government.

Lenore Taylor

Abbott sweats on ALP loss to repeal carbon tax

Lenore Taylor Sometimes it's the biggest things that politicians don't want to talk about.

Paul Sheehan

Gillard treading water as ALP continues its slippery slide

Paul Sheehan The following text message was allegedly sent by Peter Slipper on February 1 to one of his staffers, James Ashby: ''But you're [sic] call and no hard feelings in that you only want businesslike...

Michelle Grattan

Sleaze the day: the tactic that now dogs ALP

Michelle Grattan It's hard to go beyond that old cliche about dogs and fleas when considering the latest bizarre Peter Slipper twist, which has the government reeling yet again.

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Shaun Carney

ALP's mission impalpable

Shaun Carney Given a chance to rouse the troops, the PM again stuck to motherhood statements.

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Phillip Coorey

Plenty of signs, none of them good for ALP

Phillip Coorey THE backlash against the Brumby government in Victoria has surprised federal Labor, jeopardised its health reforms and paved the way for a thrashing of NSW Labor on March 26.