Who We Are

Party Members

As a grassroots community organisation, Party members are the core of the Labor Party. Party members and local branches play a central role in innovative policy development and passionately working in the community to spread labor values.

State Branches

Just as Australia is a nation of federated states, Australian Labor is a Party of federated branches from every State and Territory. Each State branch provides organisational support for the local branches and electorate councils of that State working closely with the State Labor Parliamentary Groups.

National Executive

National Executive is the chief administrative body of the Australian Labor Party between National Conferences. The National Executive is directly elected by delegates at the National Conference. The National Presidents, National Secretary, the leader of the Federal Labor Parliamentary Group and State Secretaries all sit on the National Executive, usually as non-voting members unless otherwise elected as a delegate.

Members of the current National Executive include: Jenny McAllister (National President), Tony Sheldon, Jane Garrett MP (National Vice-Presidents), the Hon Julia Gillard MP, the Hon Anthony Albanese MP, Tim Ayres, Julie Bignell, Carol Brown, the Hon Mark Butler MP, Senator the Hon Kim Carr, Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy, Sam Dastyari, Joe de Bruyn, Charlie Donnelly, Sen the Hon Don Farrell, Paul Howes, Natalie Hutchins MP, Sue Lines, Tara Moriarty, Kath Nelson, Michael Ravbar, Michelle Roberts, Ben Swan and Linda White.

National President

As Chair of both the National Conference and the National Executive, the President has an important role. The National President and two National Vice-Presidents of the Australian Labor Party are directly elected by the Party Membership every three years. They are elected to lead Labor in an honorary position over a three-year period between National Conferences.

National Secretariat

The National Secretary oversees the running of the National Secretariat, which is the organisational head office of the Australian Labor Party. As the Australian Labor Campaign Director for federal elections the National Secretary plays a critical role in electing Labor Governments. The National Secretariat provides support to all State Branches and Party Units.