Australian Labor Party

The Australian Labor Party is the major social democratic political party in Australia, sitting on the centre-left of the political spectrum. Founded in 1891, it is the oldest active party in the country and descends from the labour parties founded in the Australian colonies during the emerging labour movement. In 1904 it briefly formed what is considered the world's first labour party government at a national level. It is one of the two major parties in Australian politics, its main rival being the Liberal-National Coalition, and it has been the ruling party at the federal level since the 2022 federal election.