This article is about the current branch of the Australian Labor Party. For the period during the 1930s when the branch was briefly expelled from the Australian Labor Party, see Lang Labor. For the defunct left–wing Labor organisation that existed during the 1940s, see State Labor Party.
Political party in Australia
New South Wales Labor Party Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch)
Leader
Chris Minns
Deputy leader
Prue Car
General secretary
Dominic Offner
President
Michelle Rowland
Founded
1891; 133 years ago (1891)
Headquarters
383 Sussex Street, Sydney, New South Wales
Youth wing
Young Labor
Women's wing
Labor Women's Network
LGBT wing
Rainbow Labor
Membership (2020)
15,427 (1,927)[a]
Ideology
Social democracy
1970s–1990s:
Socialism (factions)[4]
Political position
Centre-left
1970s–1990s:
Centre-left to left-wing (factions)[4]
National affiliation
Australian Labor
Union affiliate
Unions NSW
Colours
Red
Legislative Assembly
45 / 93
Legislative Council
15 / 42
House of Representatives
26 / 47
(NSW seats)
Senate
4 / 12
(NSW seats)
Local government
164 / 1,480
Website
www.nswlabor.org.au
Politics of Australia
Political parties
Elections
The New South Wales Labor Party, officially known as the Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch) and commonly referred to simply as NSW Labor, is the New South Wales branch of the Australian Labor Party (ALP). The branch is the current ruling party in the state of New South Wales and is led by Chris Minns, who has served concurrently as premier of New South Wales since 2023.
The parliamentary leader is elected from and by the members of the party caucus, comprising all party members in the Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council. The party factions have a strong influence on the election of the leader. The leader's position is dependent on the continuing support of the caucus (and party factions) and the leader may be deposed by failing to win a vote of confidence of parliamentary members. By convention, the premier sits in the Legislative Assembly, and is the leader of the party controlling a majority in that house. The party leader also typically is a member of the Assembly, though this is not a strict party constitutional requirement. Barrie Unsworth, for example, was elected party leader while a member of the Legislative Council. He then transferred to the Assembly by winning a seat at a by-election.
When the Labor party wins sufficient seats to be able to control a majority in the Legislative Assembly, the party leader becomes the State Premier and Labor will form the government. When Labor is the largest party not in government, the party leader becomes the Leader of the Opposition. To become a premier or opposition leader, the party leader must be or within a short period of time become a member of the Legislative Assembly.
^ abHardaker, David (30 July 2021). "National party membership tumbles in NSW, Greens now have more". Crikey.
^Price, Jenna (2 July 2019). "A rush to join but do political parties want new members?". Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 8 November 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
^Kidd, Jessica; Gerathy, Sarah (29 June 2019). "Jodi McKay wins NSW Labor leadership from Chris Minns after three-month process". ABC News. Archived from the original on 8 November 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
^ abDaniel, Nicholas (13 November 2020). "Labor's Anthony Albanese Is Not a Friend of Australia's Left — And He Never Was". Jacobin. Remeike Forbes. ISSN 2158-2602. Archived from the original on 27 October 2022.
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