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.