Queensland Labor Party
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This article is about the current Queensland branch of the federal Labor Party. For the defunct breakaway Labor party from 1957–1978, see Queensland Labor Party (1957–1978).
The Queensland Labor Party, officially known as the Australian Labor Party (State of Queensland)[13] and commonly referred to simply as Queensland Labor, is the state branch of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) in the state of Queensland.[14] It has functioned in the state since the 1880s.[lower-alpha 3] The Queensland branch of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) was the first Labour Party to win government in the world, when, in December 1899, following the resignation of the Dickson ministry, Labour Leader Anderson Dawson accepted to form a ministry by Lieutenant-Governor Samuel Griffith.[15]
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Queensland Labor Party Australian Labor Party (State of Queensland) | |
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Leader | Steven Miles |
Deputy Leader | Cameron Dick |
President | John Battams[1] |
Secretary | Kate Flanders[2] |
Founded | 5 August 1892; 131 years ago (5 August 1892)[3][4] |
Headquarters | TLC Building, South Brisbane, Queensland |
Newspaper | Queensland Labor Times |
Think tank | T. J. Ryan Foundation |
Youth wing | Young Labor |
Women's wing | Labor Women's Network |
LGBT wing | Rainbow Labor |
Membership (2021) | 10,000[lower-alpha 1][6] |
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National affiliation | Australian Labor |
Union affiliate | QCU |
Colours | Red |
Slogan | "Putting Queenslanders First."[12] |
Legislative Assembly | 51 / 93 |
House of Representatives | 5 / 30 (Qld seats) |
Senate | 3 / 12 (Qld seats) |
Brisbane City Council | 5 / 26 |
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