Editing Labor Right

{{short description|Political faction within the Australian Labor Party}}
{{distinguish|Labor rights}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}
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 |[[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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[[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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{{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>

== State branches ==
Factional power usually finds expression in the percentage vote of aligned delegates at party conferences. The power of the Labor Right varies from state to state, but it usually relies on certain trade unions, such as the [[Australian Workers' Union]] (AWU), [[Transport Workers Union of Australia|Transport Workers Union]] (TWU), the [[Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association]] (SDA), [[Plumbing Trades Employees Union|Plumbing and Pipe Trades Employees Union]] (PPTEU) and the [[Health Services Union]] (HSU). These unions send delegates to the conferences, with delegates usually coming from the membership, the administration of the union or local branches covered by their activists.

State-based factions (national sub-factions) which make up Labor Right include:

===New South Wales===
* Centre Unity<ref name="nswcu">{{cite web |title=NSW CENTRE UNITY |url=https://www.centreunity.org.au/ |website=centreunity.org.au |access-date=30 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240906200815/https://www.centreunity.org.au/ |archive-date=6 September 2024}}</ref>

===Queensland===
* Labor Forum (dominated by the AWU)<ref>{{cite web |last1=McKenna |first1=Michael |title=Left takes over Queensland Labor in historic shift |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/state-politics/left-takes-over-queensland-labor-in-historic-shift/news-story/2416368889d7a258967a957d4bab051b |publisher=The Australian |access-date=30 October 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241030002011/https://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/state-politics/left-takes-over-queensland-labor-in-historic-shift/news-story/2416368889d7a258967a957d4bab051b?amp&nk=f2fc89badcfab3cb1e988c30d54ec684-1730247621 |archive-date=30 October 2024 |date=31 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.laborforum.org.au/ |website=laborforum.org.au |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190124044857/https://www.laborforum.org.au/ |access-date=24 January 2019|archive-date=24 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Labor Forum is a growing group of ALP members across QLD who believes that a progressive & practical policy agenda is crucial to the future of QLD Labor |url=https://www.facebook.com/LaborForum/ |website=Facebook |publisher=Labor Forum |access-date=30 October 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241030002351/https://www.facebook.com/LaborForum/ |archive-date=30 October 2024}}</ref>

===Australian Capital Territory===
* Centre Coalition<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/09/contest-in-act-comes-down-to-the-alp-machine-versus-genuine-locals/|title=Contest in ACT comes down to the ALP machine versus genuine locals|date=9 April 2010|website=Crikey}}</ref>

===Victoria===
* Labor Centre Unity (AWU: Consisting of Branch Members, Student Clubs, both federal and state members of parliament aligned with the Victorian branch of the Australian Workers' Union, and representatives from the Plumbing and Pipe Trades Employees Union)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Young Labor Centre Action |website=[[Facebook]] |url=https://www.facebook.com/YoungLaborCentreAction}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=La Trobe ALP Club |website=[[Facebook]] |url=https://www.facebook.com/LaTrobeUniversityLabor }}</ref>
* Labor Progressive Unity (The Cons: Consisting largely of Branch Members aligned to and supporters of Labor Deputy Leader Richard Marles and the Transport Workers Union)
* Labor Unity (The Shoppies: Consisting largely of branch members aligned to and supports of the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association)

===Western Australia===
*WA Labor Unity ([[Australian Workers' Union|AWU]], [[Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association|SDA]], [[Australian Workers' Union|TWU]]).
*Progressive Labor (Consists of [[Australian Workers' Union|AWU]], [[Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association|SDA]], [[Transport Workers Union of Australia|TWU]] and [[Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union|CFMEU]])<ref>{{cite web |last1=Butterly |first1=Nick |last2=Delalande |first2=Joanna |title=WA Labor's Progressive faction fractures |url=https://www.pressreader.com/australia/the-west-australian/20190828/281612422065920 |access-date=20 October 2019 |website=PressReader}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-04-01 |title=Historic union pact formed to take on the Left |url=https://thewest.com.au/politics/state-politics/wa-unions-join-forces-to-take-on-the-left-ng-b88432030z |access-date=2019-05-26 |website=The West Australian |language=en}}</ref> An alliance between WA Labor Unity and the 'Industrial left' unions of WA, formed in 2019 for the purpose of binding at State conferences against some subgroups within WA's [[Labor Left#Labor Left factions from all jurisdictions|Broad left]]; such as the [[United Workers Union|UWU]]. Historically, the [[Maritime Union of Australia|MUA]] and [[Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union|CFMEU]] have voted at State conferences in alignment with the Broad left.

===Northern Territory===
* Labor Unity

===South Australia===
* Labor Unity (dominated by the SDA).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-11/sa-liberal-labor-donations-ahead-of-march-2018-election/8792446|title=Liberals' donations double Labor Party's ahead of SA election|date=11 August 2017|publisher=ABC}}</ref>

===Tasmania===
* Labor Unity

== Political views ==
The faction is most famous for its support of [[Third Way]] policies such as the [[economic rationalism|economic rationalist]] policies of the [[Bob Hawke]] and [[Paul Keating]] governments, including [[Floating currency|floating]] the [[Australian Dollar|Australian dollar]] in December 1983, reductions in trade [[tariff]]s, taxation reforms such as the introduction of [[dividend imputation]] to eliminate double-taxation of dividends and the lowering of the top marginal income tax rate from 60% in 1983 to 47% in 1996, changing from centralised wage-fixing to [[Enterprise Bargaining Agreement|enterprise bargaining]], the privatisation of [[Qantas]] and [[Commonwealth Bank]], making the [[Reserve Bank of Australia]] independent, and deregulating the banking system.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Black |first=Susan |last2=Kirkwood |first2=Joshua |last3=Rai |first3=Alan |last4=Williams |first4=Thomas |date=2012 |title=1980s to Today: Deregulation and Capital Account Liberalisation {{!}} RDP 2012-09: A History of Australian Corporate Bonds |url=https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2012/2012-09/dereg-capital-acct-liberalisation.html |journal=Research Discussion Papers |language=en-au |issue=December}}</ref>

Alongside these economic reforms, Labor Right also supported more traditional social democratic policies, such as the introduction of [[Medicare (Australia)|Medicare]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-05-18 |title=What did Australia have before Medicare? 'A ramshackle system' |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-18/bob-hawke-what-did-australia-have-before-medicare/11124180 |access-date=2025-05-25 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}}</ref> under Bob Hawke in 1984 and [[Superannuation in Australia|compulsory superannuation]] under Paul Keating in 1992. The faction also supported significant socially progressive policies, including the [[Franklin Dam controversy|blocking of the Franklin River Dam construction]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=corporateName=National Museum of Australia; address=Lawson Crescent |first=Acton Peninsula |title=National Museum of Australia - Franklin Dam and the Greens |url=https://www.nma.gov.au/defining-moments/resources/franklin-dam-greens |access-date=2025-05-25 |website=www.nma.gov.au |language=en}}</ref> and the passage of the [[Native Title Act 1993|Native Title Act]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-21 |title=Thirty years ago the Native Title Act was passed. But what is it, how does it work and is it enough? |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/thirty-years-ago-the-native-title-act-passed-how-far-have-we-come/php3so2kz |access-date=2025-05-25 |website=NITV |language=en}}</ref> in 1993 following the [[Mabo v Queensland (No 2)|High Court's Mabo decision]].

== Federal members of the Labor Right ==
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|-
!Name
!Parliamentary seat
!Other positions
!State/Territory
!Sub-faction/union
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|[[Richard Marles]]<ref name="The 12 Labor figures who will do the heavy lifting in government">{{cite news |title=The 12 Labor figures who will do the heavy lifting in government |url=https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/the-12-labor-figures-who-will-do-the-heavy-lifting-in-government-20181213-h1937u |access-date=14 March 2020 |publisher=Australian Financial Review}}</ref>
|Member for [[Division of Corio|Corio]]
|Deputy Prime Minister<br/>Minister for Defence
|Victoria
|TWU, 'Cons'
|-
|Dr [[Jim Chalmers]]<ref name="The 12 Labor figures who will do the heavy lifting in government" />
|Member for [[Division of Rankin|Rankin]]
|Treasurer
|Queensland
|AWU
|-
|[[Don Farrell]]<ref name="Labor MP Jason Clare dismisses Otis group">{{cite news |last1=Tewksbury |first1=Marc |title=Labor MP Jason Clare dismisses Otis group |url=https://www.news.com.au/national/labor-mp-jason-clare-dismisses-otis-group/video/4d8fad22f94e6b07319c3abb2489c2d0 |access-date=14 March 2020 |publisher=news.com.au}}</ref>
|Senator for South Australia
|Special Minister of State<br/>Minister for Trade and Tourism
|South Australia
|SDA
|-
|[[Tony Burke]]<ref name="The 12 Labor figures who will do the heavy lifting in government" />
|Member for [[Division of Watson|Watson]]
|Leader of the House
Minister for Home Affairs<br>Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs<br>Minister for Cyber Security<br>Minister for the Arts
| rowspan=2 | New South Wales
|SDA
|-
|[[Chris Bowen]]<ref name="The 12 Labor figures who will do the heavy lifting in government" />
|Member for [[Division of McMahon|McMahon]]
|Minister for Climate Change and Energy
|
|-
|[[Amanda Rishworth]]<ref name=":0" />
|Member for [[Division of Kingston|Kingston]]
|Minister for Social Services
|South Australia
|SDA
|-
|[[Bill Shorten]]<ref name="The strain within Labor's Left and Right bubbles over as the party wrestles over its future">{{cite news |last1=Probyn |first1=Andrew |title=The strain within Labor's Left and Right bubbles over as the party wrestles over its future |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-01/labor-left-and-right-battle-over-the-partys-future/11659570 |access-date=14 March 2020 |publisher=ABC News}}</ref>
|Member for [[Division of Maribyrnong|Maribyrnong]]
|Minister for Government Services<br/>Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme
| rowspan=2 | Victoria
|AWU
|-
|[[Mark Dreyfus]] {{small|[[King's counsel|KC]]}}<ref name="The 12 Labor figures who will do the heavy lifting in government" />
|Member for [[Division of Isaacs|Isaacs]]
|Attorney–General
|AWU
|-
|[[Jason Clare]]<ref name="Labor MP Jason Clare dismisses Otis group" />
|Member for [[Division of Blaxland|Blaxland]]
|Minister for Education
| rowspan=2 | New South Wales
|
|-
|[[Michelle Rowland]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|date=30 May 2019|title=Labor's new-look shadow ministry|work=SBS News|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/labor-s-new-look-shadow-ministry|access-date=7 November 2020}}</ref>
|Member for [[Division of Greenway|Greenway]]
|Minister for Communications
|
|-
|[[Madeleine King]]<ref name="WA Labor MPs named as part of pro-coal, right-wing 'Otis Group'">{{cite news |last1=Hondros |first1=Nathan |title=WA Labor MPs named as part of pro-coal, right-wing 'Otis Group' |url=https://www.watoday.com.au/politics/western-australia/wa-labor-mps-named-as-part-of-pro-coal-right-wing-otis-group-20200213-p540h9.html |access-date=14 March 2020 |publisher=WAtoday}}</ref>
|Member for [[Division of Brand|Brand]]
|Minister for Resources<br/>Minister for Northern Australia
|Western Australia
|
|-
|[[Ed Husic]]
|Member for [[Division of Chifley|Chifley]]
|Minister for Industry and Science
|New South Wales
|CEPU (CWU)
|- 
|[[Clare O'Neil]]<ref name="The strain within Labor's Left and Right bubbles over as the party wrestles over its future" />
|Member for [[Division of Hotham|Hotham]]
|Minister for Housing<br/>Minister for Homelessness
|Victoria
|AWU 
|-
|[[Matt Keogh]]<ref name="WA Labor MPs named as part of pro-coal, right-wing 'Otis Group'" />
|Member for [[Division of Burt|Burt]]
|Minister for Veterans' Affairs<br/>Minister for Defence Personnel
|Western Australia
|AWU
|-
|[[Anika Wells]]
|Member for [[Division of Lilley|Lilley]]
|Minister for Aged Care<br/>Minister for Sport
|Queensland
|AWU
|-
|[[Kristy McBain]]
|Member for [[Division of Eden-Monaro|Eden-Monaro]]
| Minister for Regional Development, Local Government and Territories
| rowspan=4 | New South Wales
|
|- 
|[[Justine Elliot]]
|Member for [[Division of Richmond|Richmond]]
|Assistant Minister for Social Services<br/>Assistant Minister for the Prevention of Family Violence
|
|-
|[[Matt Thistlethwaite]]<ref>{{Cite news|date=26 June 2013|title=Shorten stands by Gillard as leader|work=[[9news.com.au]]|url=https://www.9news.com.au/national/shorten-stands-by-gillard-as-leader/35243655-3142-4c81-9084-996f5960d91c|access-date=7 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Chan|first=Gabrielle|date=2015-07-25|title=Bill Shorten wins freedom to use boat turnbacks, but leadership split on issue|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/jul/25/bill-shorten-wins-freedom-to-use-boat-turnbacks-but-leadership-split-on-issue|access-date=2020-11-07|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
|Member for [[Division of Kingsford Smith|Kingsford Smith]]
|Assistant Minister for Immigration
|AWU
|-
|[[Emma McBride]]
|Member for [[Division of Dobell|Dobell]]
|Assistant Minister for Mental Health and Suicide Prevention<br/>Assistant Minister for Rural and Regional Health
|
|-
|[[Anthony Chisholm (politician)|Anthony Chisholm]]
|Senator for Queensland
|Assistant Minister for Education<br/>Assistant Minister for Regional Development
|Queensland
|AWU
|-
|[[Tim Watts (politician)|Tim Watts]]<ref>{{Cite news|date=15 June 2020|title=Leaked texts show Somyurek's influence among federal Labor ranks|work=[[skynews.com.au]]|url=https://www.skynews.com.au/details/_6164180576001|access-date=7 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Ilanbey|first=Sumeyya|date=28 January 2020|title=Tensions between Labor's Right and Left factions at boiling point|work=[[theage.com.au]]|url=https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/tensions-between-labor-s-right-and-left-factions-at-boiling-point-20200128-p53vg0.html?ref=rss|access-date=7 November 2020}}</ref>
|Member for [[Division of Gellibrand|Gellibrand]]
|Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs
|Victoria
|'Cons'
|-
|[[Glenn Sterle]]<sup>‡</sup><ref name="WA Labor MPs named as part of pro-coal, right-wing 'Otis Group'" />
|Senator for [[Western Australia]]
|Chair of Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee<br/>Deputy Chair of Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee
|Western Australia
|TWU
|-
|[[Steve Georganas]]<ref name=":0" />
|Member for [[Division of Adelaide|Adelaide]]
|
|South Australia
|
|-
|[[Shayne Neumann]]<ref name="Labor MP Jason Clare dismisses Otis group" />
|Member for [[Division of Blair|Blair]]
|Chair of Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade<br/>Chair of Standing Committee on Procedure
|Queensland
|ASU
|-
|[[Alison Byrnes]]
|Member for [[Division of Cunningham|Cunningham]]
|
|New South Wales
|
|-
|[[Deborah O'Neill]]
|Senator for New South Wales
|Chair of Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services<br/>Deputy Chair of Select Committee on Work and Care<br/>Deputy Chair of Standing Committee of Privileges
|New South Wales
|SDA
|-
|[[Helen Polley]]
|Senator for Tasmania
|Chair of Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement
|Tasmania
|AWU, SDA
|-
|[[Rob Mitchell (Victorian politician)|Rob Mitchell]]
|Member for [[Division of McEwen|McEwen]]
|Chair of Committee of Privileges and Members' Interests<br/>Chair of House Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Resources
|Victoria
|'Cons'
|-
|[[Catryna Bilyk]]
|Senator for [[Tasmania]]
|Chair of the Senate Standing Committee of Senators' Interests
|Tasmania
|ASU, TWU
|-
|[[Peter Khalil]]
|Member for [[Division of Wills|Wills]]
|
|Victoria
|AWU
|-
|[[Milton Dick]]
|Member for [[Division of Oxley|Oxley]]
|Speaker of the House of Representatives<br/>Chair of Joint Committee on the Broadcasting of Parliamentary Proceedings<br/>Chair of Selection Committee<br/>Chair of Standing Committee on Appropriations and Administration
|Queensland
|AWU
|-
|[[Matt Burnell]]
|Member for [[Division of Spence|Spence]]
|
|South Australia
|TWU
|-
|[[Meryl Swanson]]
|Member for [[Division of Paterson|Paterson]]
|Chair of Standing Committee on Agriculture
|New South Wales
|
|-
|[[Luke Gosling]]
|Member for [[Division of Solomon|Solomon]]
|Chair of Standing Committee on Regional Development, Infrastructure and Transport
|Northern Territory
|SDA
|-
|[[David Smith (Australian Capital Territory politician)|David Smith]]
|Member for [[Division of Bean|Bean]]
|Government Whip 
|Australian Capital Territory
|Professionals Australia
|-
|[[Raff Ciccone]]
|Senator for Victoria
|Deputy Government Whip in the Senate<br/>Chair of Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee<br/>Deputy Chair of Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee<br/>Deputy Chair of Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills
|Victoria
|SDA “Shoppies”
|-
|Dr [[Daniel Mulino]]
|Member for [[Division of Fraser (Victoria)|Fraser]]
|Chair of Standing Committee on Economics
|Victoria
|SDA “Shoppies”
|-
|[[Josh Burns (politician)|Josh Burns]]
|Member for [[Division of Macnamara|Macnamara]]
|Chair of Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights
|Victoria
|'Cons'
|-
|[[Marielle Smith]]
|Senator for South Australia
|Chair of Community Affairs Legislation Committee<br/>Deputy Chair of Community Affairs References Committee
|South Australia
|SDA
|-
|[[Tony Sheldon (trade unionist)|Tony Sheldon]]
|Senator for New South Wales
|Chair of Education and Employment Legislation Committee<br/>Deputy Chair of Education and Employment References Committee
|New South Wales
|TWU
|-
|Dr [[Mike Freelander]]
|Member for Macarthur
|Chair of Standing Committee on Health, Aged Care and Sport
|New South Wales
|
|-
|[[Cassandra Fernando]]
|Member for [[Division of Holt|Holt]]
|
|Victoria
|SDA
|-
|[[Jana Stewart]]
|Senator for Victoria
|
|Victoria
|TWU, 'Cons'

|-
|[[Sam Rae]]
|Member for [[Division of Hawke|Hawke]]
|
|Victoria
|TWU, 'Cons'
|-
|[[Varun Ghosh]]
|Senator for West Australia
|
|Western Australia
|SDA
|-
|[[Andrew Charlton]]
|Member for [[Division of Parramatta|Parramatta]]
|
|New South Wales
|
|-
|[[Sally Sitou]]
|Member for [[Division of Reid|Reid]]
|
|New South Wales
|
|-
|[[Dan Repacholi]]
|Member for [[Division of Hunter|Hunter]]
|
|New South Wales
|
|-
|[[Joanne Ryan (politician)|Joanne Ryan]]
|Member for [[Division of Lalor|Lalor]]
|Chief Government Whip
|Victoria
|'Cons'
|-
|[[Michelle Ananda-Rajah]]
|Member for [[Division of Higgins|Higgins]]
|
|Victoria
|TWU, 'Cons'
|-
|[[Tania Lawrence]]
|Member for [[Division of Hasluck|Hasluck]]
|
|Western Australia
|
|-
|[[Sam Lim]]
|Member for [[Division of Tangney|Tangney]]
|
|Western Australia
|
|-
|[[Gordon Reid (politician)|Gordon Reid]]
|Member for [[Division of Robertson|Robertson]]
|
|New South Wales
|
|}
‡ Sterle was formerly a member of the now-defunct Centre Left.

== See also ==
* [[Labor Left]]
* [[:Category: Labor Right politicians]], current and former parliamentary members of the Labor Right
* [[Moderates (Liberal Party of Australia)|Moderates]] – Centrist faction in the [[Liberal Party of Australia]]
* [[New Democrats (United States)|New Democrats]] – centrist faction in the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party of the United States]]
* [[Blue Dogs]] – conservative faction in the Democratic Party of the United States
* [[Progress (organisation)|Progress]] – organisation associated with the [[Labour Party (UK)]]
* [[Seeheimer Kreis]] – conservative faction in the [[Social Democratic Party of Germany]]

== References ==
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== Further reading ==
* {{cite book|title=Mates: Five Champions of the Labor Right |first=Fia |last=Cumming |publisher=Allen & Unwin |year=1991 |place=Sydney |isbn=978-1-86373-021-1}} – Paul Keating, Graham Richardson, Laurie Brereton, Bob Carr and Leo McLeay recount events which shaped the Australian labour movement from the 1960s to the 1980s.
* {{cite book| title=Whatever It Takes |first=Graham |last=Richardson |year=1994 | publisher=Bantam Books |place=Moorebank, NSW |isbn=978-1-86-359332-8}} – Graham Richardson recounts his career and outlines the philosophy and operation of the NSW and National Labor Right during his time in the ALP.

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