Re-registration of the Australian Labor Party – Victorian Branch

Thursday 3 October 2024

For immediate release


The Australian Labor Party – Victorian Branch was re-registered as a political party under Victorian electoral law today.

As required by section 58A of the Electoral Act 2002, the party applied for re-registration on Wednesday 11 September 2024.

To be registered, a party has to have at least 500 eligible members on the Victorian electoral roll. The VEC confirmed this by contacting members whose names were provided by the Australian Labor Party – Victorian Branch.

As a registered political party, the Australian Labor Party – Victorian Branch will continue to:

  • have the party name printed next to its endorsed candidates’ names on state election ballot papers
  • be able to nominate all its candidates centrally with the VEC instead of with individual election managers
  • be entitled to public funding based on the number of votes it receives at a state election
  • be entitled to access enrolment information, not including phone numbers or email addresses, which it can use for permitted purposes.