ACT Labor Party

ACT Labor Party
Australian Labor Party
(Australian Capital Territory Branch)
LeaderAndrew Barr
Deputy LeaderYvette Berry
PresidentSue Ducker
SecretaryAsh van Dijk
Founded1973; 51 years ago (1973)
Headquarters1st Floor, 222 City Walk, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Youth wingAustralian Young Labor
Women's wingLabor Women's Network
LGBT wingRainbow Labor
Norfolk Island sub-branchNorfolk Labor (until 2015)
Membership (2021)Increase 2,000
IdeologySocial democracy
Political positionCentre-left
National affiliationAustralian Labor
Colours  Red
Slogan"On Your Side"
Legislative Assembly
10 / 25
House of Representatives
3 / 3
(ACT seats)
Senate
1 / 2
(ACT seats)
Website
www.actlabor.org.au

The ACT Labor Party, officially known as the Australian Labor Party (ACT Branch) and commonly referred to simply as ACT Labor, is the Australian Capital Territory branch of the Australian Labor Party (ALP). The branch is the current ruling party in the ACT and is led by Andrew Barr, who has concurrently served as chief minister since 2014. It is one of two major parties in the unicameral ACT Legislative Assembly, and is currently in a coalition with the ACT Greens.

Originally a part of the New South Wales Labor Party, the ALP National Conference established an autonomous ACT Branch in 1973.[1] There have been four Labor Chief Ministers since self-government in 1989. The most recent is the current Chief Minister, Andrew Barr, who has served since 2014.

The ACT Labor has been in Government since 2001.

The current ACT Labor Platform notes that the objective of the party is social justice and the pursuit of a fair, just and equitable society.[2]

  1. ^ "History of ACT Labor". ACT Labor. Archived from the original on 10 July 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  2. ^ "ACT Platform 2014–15" (PDF). ACT Labor. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015.