Victorian premier faces leadership challenge four months before state election
Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan is facing a leadership challenge this week after factional powerbrokers in the state Labor party met on Sunday night and concluded she no longer has the support of a majority of the caucus. The move comes four months before Victoria's November state election and has intensified pressure on the government as parliament prepares to resume after the winter break. According to the supporting material, a delegation is expected to approach Ms Allan on Monday and ask her to resign.If she refuses, the challenge is expected to be brought to a caucus meeting on Tuesday. Cabinet is... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 26 Jul 2026 12:05 LONDON
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Australian Labor conference rejects Gaza debate push and adopts platform
Australian Labor delegates have adopted the party's Israel and Palestine platform without a floor fight at the end of the party's 50th national conference in Adelaide. The move came after Labor MP Ed Husic failed to secure enough support to debate his proposed amendment on Gaza. The newly adopted platform will guide party policy for the next three years.Mr Husic's push sought to add language acknowledging a United Nations inquiry that found Israeli authorities had deliberately targeted Palestinian children, resulting in genocide and atrocity crimes in the Gaza Strip and war crimes in the West Bank. According to the conference... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 25 Jul 2026 07:33 LONDON
Israel publicly criticises Labor draft Palestine policy ahead of Adelaide conference
Israel's embassy in Canberra has publicly criticised a draft Australian Labor Party policy platform on Palestine, in an unusual intervention into the party's internal decision-making ahead of this week's national conference in Adelaide. The embassy issued a four-page statement challenging proposed language on Palestine, Hamas, settler violence and annexation of Palestinian territory. The draft is due to be debated by delegates at the conference later this week.The embassy said the draft risked placing responsibility for the conflict on one side while giving insufficient attention to Hamas and Palestinian leadership. It also said the policy motions were still in draft form... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 20 Jul 2026 10:32 LONDON
