Author Archives: Ben Aveling

Answers to some of the gloom

Posted on 4 July, 2011 by Ben Aveling

By Phil Drew As OurALP members we need to both to urge reform in structures and policies AND to support the Party in government. Ross Gittins in his article in Monday 4 July: This very lucky country enjoys a good … Continue reading →

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Winning hearts and minds – the carbon tax issue

Posted on 4 July, 2011 by Ben Aveling

By Phil Drew While we are regenerating Our ALP we need also to be countering Abbott and his big lies. Two interesting articles, a Letter in the SMH and media releases by Jed Kearney, ACTU President, should be required reading … Continue reading →

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Candidate Profile – Chris Quilkey – Admin, Rules, Federal Delegate

Posted on 3 July, 2011 by Ben Aveling

By Chris Quilkey I am standing for election as a delegate to the National Conference; as a member of the Administration Committee and the Rules Committee. I have been a Labor supporter and union member for 40 years and a Party Member … Continue reading →

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Report – Hunter Regional Meeting With Sen John Faulkner

Posted on 28 June, 2011 by Ben Aveling

By Chris Osborne After a strong lobbying exercise, local Federal MP Jill Hall, organised for John Faulkner to come up to the Hunter, the week before he gave the Wran lecture. The other local Federal and State MP’s up here … Continue reading →

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Proposals for Reform – Compare and Contrast

Posted on 27 June, 2011 by Ben Aveling

This SpreadSheet compares the various proposals for reform, or at least, it tries to indicate which sections of which proposal deal with the same issues.

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Candidate Profile – Neil Reilly – Administrative Committee

Posted on 27 June, 2011 by Ben Aveling

By Neil Reilly The reason that I have accepted nomination to stand for the Administration Committee is that I intend to bring a level of transparency, consultation and balance to that secretive body and to more accurately represent the wider … Continue reading →

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Candidate Profile – Ben Aveling – Rules Committee

Posted on 27 June, 2011 by Ben Aveling

My name is Ben Aveling. I am professional software developer with 20 years of private sector experience. I am not and never have been a member of a faction, nor a staffer, nor have I held any paid position with … Continue reading →

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Faceless men and women – named

Posted on 19 June, 2011 by Ben Aveling

(For people elected in 2011, see Admin Committee and Rules Committee, 2011) Admin The following people were elected to the Administrative Committee in 2008:

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John Kilcullen on Faulkner/Bracks/Carr

Posted on 17 June, 2011 by Ben Aveling

I suppose there are many reasons why people don’t join the Labor party, or why they leave it or become inactive members. A reason I would like to focus attention on is factionalism. Senator Faulkner in 2005 (Parkes oration): “When … Continue reading →

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Everybody’s talking about Reform

Posted on 17 June, 2011 by Ben Aveling

Sam Dastyari has chosen this week to blog on the topic of reform: http://www.nswalp.com/media/blogs/alp-blog/june-2011/alp-must-look-to-primary-system/ And John Graham has chosen this week to release a paper on reform, a copy of which is available at: https://ouralp.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/rebuilding-community-labor.pdf Both are worth a read. … Continue reading →

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