Editing Labor Right (section)

{{short description|Political faction within the Australian Labor Party}}
{{distinguish|Labor rights}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}
{{Infobox political party
| colorcode        = {{Australian politics/party colours|labor right}}
| name             = Labor Right
| native_name      = Labor Unity/Unity
| abbreviation     = {{hlist|LR|LU}}
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| leader1_title    = National Convenors
| leader1_name     = {{ubl|class=nowrap|
 |[[Matt Thistlethwaite]]
 |[[Don Farrell]]
 |[[Raff Ciccone]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Massola |first1=James |title=The power behind the PM – who are Labor's powerbrokers in government? |url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/the-power-behind-the-pm-who-are-labor-s-powerbrokers-in-government-20220624-p5awc2.html |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=25 June 2022 |access-date=17 December 2022}}</ref>
}}
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| ideology         = {{ubl|class=nowrap 
 | [[Social democracy]]<ref name="APOSocialDemocracy">{{cite web |title=Social democracy in Australia |url=https://apo.org.au/sites/default/files/resource-files/2019-11/apo-nid270306.pdf |website=Australian Policy Online |date=November 2019 |access-date=25 May 2025}}</ref><br>
[[Third Way]]<ref name="thirdway">{{cite book|author=Jingjing Huo|title=Third Way Reforms: Social Democracy After the Golden Age|year=2009|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-51843-7|page=79}}</ref>
}}
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| national         = [[Australian Labor Party|Australian Labor]]
| colours          = {{colour box|{{Australian politics/party colours|labor right}}}} Red
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| seats1_title     = Seats in the [[Australian House of Representatives|House of Representatives]]
| seats1           = {{Composition bar|42|151|hex={{Australian politics/party colours|labor right}}}}
| seats2_title     = Seats in the [[Australian Senate|Senate]]
| seats2           = {{Composition bar|11|76|hex={{Australian politics/party colours|labor right}}}}
| seats3_title     = Federal Caucus
| seats3           = {{Composition bar|53|103|hex={{Australian politics/party colours|labor right}}}}
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| country          = Australia
}}
{{Labour politics in Australia}}
The '''Labor Right''' ('''LR'''), also known as '''Labor Forum''', '''Labor Unity''' or simply '''Unity''', is one of the two major [[political faction]]s within the [[Australian Labor Party]] (ALP). It is nationally characterised by [[Social democracy|social democratic]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Chen |first=Peter |url=https://apo.org.au/node/270306 |title=Australian politics and policy |last2=Barry |first2=Nicholas |last3=Butcher |first3=John |last4=Clune |first4=David |last5=Cook |first5=Ian |last6=Garnier |first6=Adele |last7=Haigh |first7=Yvonne |last8=Motta |first8=Sara |last9=Taflaga |first9=Marija |date=2019-11-01 |publisher=Sydney University Press |isbn=978-1-74332-667-1 |language=en}}</ref> to [[Third Way]] economic policies, and competes with the [[Labor Left]] faction, which leans toward [[democratic socialism]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Massola |first=James |date=2021-02-14 |title=What are Labor's factions and who's who in the Left and Right? |url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/what-are-labor-s-factions-and-who-s-who-in-the-left-and-right-20210210-p5718j.html |access-date=2024-12-27 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref>

Labor Right is composed of autonomous groups in each state and territory of Australia. The groups within the Labor Right come together as a broad alliance at the national level.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Hogan |first=Michael |date=2009 |title=Template for a Labor Faction: The Industrial Section and the Industrial Vigilance Council of the NSW Labor Party, 1916-19 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/27713745 |journal=Labour History |issue=96 |pages=79–100 |jstor=27713745 |issn=0023-6942}}</ref> The faction includes members with a range of political perspectives, including [[centrism]], [[Third Way]], [[Privatization|partial privatisation]], [[Keynesian economics|Keynesianism]], [[Social democracy]], and [[Labour movement|Labourism]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Locking Out the Left: The Emergence of National Factions in Australian Labor |url=https://jacobin.com/2020/07/australian-labor-party-factions |access-date=2024-11-10 |website=jacobin.com |language=en-US}}</ref>