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Election 2022: The Labour Party

Whitlam Sacked

Prime Minister Gough Whitlam addresses reporters in Canberra after his dismissal by Australia's Governor-General, 11th November 1975. Source: Hulton Archive

The Australian Labor Party is Australia's oldest party in one of the world's oldest continuous democracies. One of the first Labor parties created in the world - it grew out of the trade union movement.


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By Peggy Giakoumelos

Presented by Oksana Bobechko

Source: SBS




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The Australian Labor Party is Australia's oldest party in one of the world's oldest continuous democracies. One of the first Labor parties created in the world - it grew out of the trade union movement.



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