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Labor president Wayne Swan on the party's coming national conference

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

Next week the Labor Party will hold its national conference in Brisbane. It’s the first face-to-face conference in five years. These conferences don’t have anything like the bite they once did, but there’s still a chance for the party’s rank and file to have a shout about issues. More than 400 delegates will be there. Most...

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