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{{short description|Organised faction of the Australian Labor Party}}
{{hatnote|For the left-wing faction of the Labour Party in the United Kingdom, see [[Labour left]]. For the British monthly political magazine known at one time as the Labour Left Briefing, see [[Labour Briefing]].}}
{{use Australian English|date=March 2023}}
{{use dmy dates|date=August 2017}}
{{Infobox political party
| name             = Labor Left
| native_name      = Progressive/Socialist Left
| caption          = [[Rose symbolism#Socialism|Rose symbol]] used by Labor Left branches<ref>{{cite web |title=nsw left |url=https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=231684239001092&set=a.158096629693187 |website=Facebook |publisher=NSW Left |access-date=30 October 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241030000700/https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=231684239001092&set=a.158096629693187 |archive-date=30 October 2024 |date=7 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=SL VIC |url=https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=116166437354835&set=a.116166454021500 |website=Facebook |publisher=Socialist Left Victoria |access-date=30 October 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241030000812/https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=116166437354835&set=a.116166454021500 |archive-date=30 October 2024 |date=19 June 2021}}</ref>
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| abbreviation     = LL
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* [[Karen Grogan]]
* [[Sharon Claydon]]<ref>{{cite news |last=Massola |first=James |date=14 February 2021 |title=What are Labor's factions and who's who in the Left and Right? |url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/what-are-labor-s-factions-and-who-s-who-in-the-left-and-right-20210210-p5718j.html |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]}}</ref>
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 |[[Democratic socialism]]<ref>{{Cite journal |last=McAllister |first=Ian |date=February 1991 |title=Party Adaptation and Factionalism within the Australian Party System |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2111444 |journal=American Journal of Political Science |volume=35 |issue=1 |pages=206–227 |doi=10.2307/2111444 |access-date=4 September 2024|jstor=2111444|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name="SydneyUni">{{cite book |url=https://apo.org.au/sites/default/files/resource-files/2019-11/apo-nid270306.pdf |title=Australian Politics and Policy |date=13 January 2023 |publisher=[[Sydney University Press]] |editor-last1=Barry |editor-first1=Nick |page=253 |isbn=978-1-74332-667-1 |editor-last2=Chen |editor-first2=Peter |editor-last3=Haigh |editor-first3=Yvonne |editor-last4=C. Motta |editor-first4=Sara |editor-last5=Perche |editor-first5=Diana |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231126133310/https://apo.org.au/sites/default/files/resource-files/2019-11/apo-nid270306.pdf |archive-date=26 November 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Frankel1997NewLabour">{{cite journal |last1=Frankel |first1=Boris |title=Beyond Labourism and Socialism: How the Australian Labor Party Developed the Model of 'New Labour' |journal=New Left Review |date=January–February 1997 |volume=221 |url=https://newleftreview.org/issues/i221/articles/boris-frankel-beyond-labourism-and-socialism-how-the-australian-labor-party-developed-the-model-of-new-labour |access-date=2 December 2024 |ref=Yes}}</ref>
 |[[Progressivism]]<ref>{{cite news |last=Massola |first=James |date=14 February 2021 |title=What are Labor's factions and who's who in the Left and Right? |url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/what-are-labor-s-factions-and-who-s-who-in-the-left-and-right-20210210-p5718j.html |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] }}</ref>
 |'''Historical:'''
 |[[Left-wing populism]]<ref>{{cite news |last=Robinson |first=Geoff |date=2008-01-06 |title=Labor lefts past and present |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2008-01-07/labor-lefts-past-and-present/1004608 |work=ABC News|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |location= |access-date=2024-09-04}}</ref>}}
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{{Labour politics in Australia}}
The '''Labor Left''' ('''LL'''), also known as the '''Progressive Left''', '''Socialist Left''' or simply the '''Left''', is one of the two major [[political faction]]s within the [[Australian Labor Party]] (ALP). It is nationally characterised by [[Progressivism|social progressivism]] and [[democratic socialism]] and competes with the more [[economic liberalism|economically liberal]] [[Labor Right]] faction.

The Labor Left operates autonomously in each state and territory of Australia, and organises as a broad alliance at the national level. Its policy positions include party democratisation, [[economic interventionism]], [[progressive tax]] reform, refugee rights, [[gender equality]] and same-sex marriage.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Labor faction chiefs lose control, leaving way open for left-wing issues such as gay marriage|url = http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/labor-powerbrokers-lose-control-with-reform-back-on-the-agenda-20150617-ghqeiy.html|website = The Sydney Morning Herald|access-date = 2015-12-31|date = 2015-06-17}}</ref> The faction includes members with a range of political perspectives, including [[Keynesian economics|Keynesianism]], confrontational [[Australian labour movement|trade unions]], [[Australian Fabian Society|Fabian]] [[social democracy]], [[New Left]]ism, and democratic socialism.<ref name=jacobin>{{cite web |url=https://jacobinmag.com/2020/07/australian-labor-party-factions |title=Locking Out the Left: The Emergence of National Factions in Australian Labor |last=Chiu |first=Osmond |date=27 July 2020 |website=[[Jacobin (magazine)|Jacobin]]|access-date=30 July 2020}}</ref>

== Factional activity ==
[[File:Young Labor Left activist Amy Haddard.jpg|thumb|An activist from the Young Labor Left in 2011]]
Most political parties contain informal factions of members who work towards common goals, however, the Australian Labor Party is noted for having highly structured and organised factions across the ideological spectrum.<ref name="LP">{{Cite journal|title = Factions and Fractions: A Case Study of Power Politics in the Australian Labor Party|last = Leigh|first = Andrew|date = 9 June 2010|journal = Australian Journal of Political Science|volume = 35|issue = 3|pages = 427–448|doi = 10.1080/713649348|s2cid = 144601220}}</ref>

Labor Left is a membership-based organisation which has internal office bearers, publications, and policy positions.<ref name="LP" /> The faction coordinates political activity and policy development across different hierarchical levels and organisational components of the party,<ref>{{Cite book|title = Machine Politics in the Australian Labor Party|last = Parkin|first = Andrew|publisher = George Allen and Unwin|year = 1983|pages = 23}}</ref> negotiates with other factions on political strategy and policy, and uses party processes to try to defeat other groups if consensus cannot be reached.<ref name="PP">{{cite thesis |last=Faulkner |first=Xandra Madeleine |date=2006 |title=The Spirit of Accommodation: The Influence of the ALP's National Factions on Party Policy, 1996-2004 |publisher=Griffith University |url=https://research-repository.griffith.edu.au/handle/10072/366353 |access-date=18 Jan 2019}}</ref>

Many members of parliament and trade union leaders are formally aligned with the Left and Right factions, and party positions and ministerial allocations are negotiated and divided between the factions based on the proportion of [[Australian Labor Party Caucus|Labor caucus]] aligned with that faction.<ref name="LP" /><ref name="PP"/>

== History ==
{{expand section|sources on the modern history of the Left, and its history outside Victoria and New South Wales|date=January 2016}}

=== Labor left factions before the 1950s ===
Historian [[Frank Bongiorno]] has noted that there had been several organisations associated with the left wing of Labor before the 1950s, from the [[Australian Socialist League]] in the 1890s, the industrial left which emerged during [[World War I]], the early supporters of [[Jack Lang (Australian politician)|Jack Lang]], and the [[State Labor Party]] of the 1940s.<ref name=jacobin />

=== Labor Party split of 1955 ===
The modern Labor Left emerged from the [[Australian Labor Party split of 1955|Labor Party split of 1955]], in which anti-communist activists associated with [[B. A. Santamaria]] and the [[Industrial Groups]] formed the [[Democratic Labor Party (Australia, 1955)|Democratic Labor Party]] while left-wing parliamentarians and unions loyal to [[H. V. Evatt]] and [[Arthur Calwell]] remained in the Australian Labor Party.<ref name="VN">{{Cite web|title = The rise and fall of the ALP left in Victoria and NSW|url = http://marxistleftreview.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=80%253Athe-rise-and-fall-of-the-alp-left&catid=41%253Anumber-4-winter-2012&Itemid=80|website = Marxist Left Review|access-date = 23 January 2016|first = Corey|last = Oakley|date = Winter 2012}}</ref> The earliest formal factional organization was the NSW Combined Unions and Branches Steering Committee (later known as the NSW Socialist Left), which was formed in January 1955.<ref name=jacobin />

The split played out differently across the country, with anti-communists leaving the party in Victoria and Queensland but remaining within in most other states. This created a power vacuum which allowed the Left to take control of the Federal Executive and Victorian state branch, while its opponents were preserved elsewhere.<ref name="VN"/> [[Tom Uren]] described the left of the [[Australian Labor Party Caucus|Labor Party Caucus]] upon his election to Parliament in the late 1950s as "a loosely knit grouping{{Spaces}}... consist[ing] mostly of anti-Catholics, although some members were militants or socialists".<ref name=jacobin />

From 1965, organised internal groups emerged to challenge the control of the Left, supported by figures such as [[John Button (Australian politician)|John Button]] and [[Gough Whitlam]]. After the Victorian branch lost the [[1970 Victorian state election|1970 state election]] in the midst of a public dispute with Whitlam over state aid for private schools, the South Australian Left, led by [[Clyde Cameron]], and New South Wales Left, led by [[Arthur Gietzelt]], agreed to support an intervention which saw the Victorian state branch abolished and subsequently reconstructed without Left control.<ref name="VN" /> Leftists in the Victorian party subsequently regrouped as the formally organized Socialist Left faction. In Queensland, the left coalesced around senator [[George Georges]]. Despite an increasing level of organisation in the grassroots party, this was not reflected within the Parliamentary caucus: [[Ken Fry]] noted that when he was elected to Parliament in 1974, meetings of left MPs were irregular and they responded to events in an ad hoc manner. The Labor Left suffered the loss of two of its key leaders in the mid-1970s with the downfall of [[Jim Cairns]] and the elevation of [[Lionel Murphy]] to the [[High Court of Australia]], yet it continued to make advances in terms of nationwide organisation: right-wing power broker [[Graham Richardson]] has acknowledged that "at the beginning of the 1980s the Left was the only national faction".<ref name=jacobin />

===Labor Left split in the 1980s===
Labor leftists continued to formalise their organisation into the 1980s. In New South Wales, the Steering Committee (which later became known as the Socialist Left in 1989) made advances in branches across the state in the late 1970s and early 1980s under the leadership of [[Peter Baldwin (politician)|Peter Baldwin]], initially in the suburbs of Sydney before spreading to the inner cities. This culminated in the deselection of the right-aligned MP for [[Division of Sydney|Sydney]], [[Les McMahon]], and the selection of Baldwin as Labor candidate for the seat. This was followed by other Labor Right MPs in Sydney's [[Inner West]] similarly being usurped by left candidates.<ref name=albo>{{cite web |url=https://jacobinmag.com/2020/11/australian-labor-party-anthony-albanese-new-south-wales-right-wing-politics |title=Labor's Anthony Albanese Is Not a Friend of Australia's Left – And He Never Was |last=Daniel |first=Nicholas |date=13 November 2020 |website=[[Jacobin (magazine)|Jacobin]] |access-date=17 November 2020}}</ref>

In Tasmania, the Broad Left formalised itself in 1983, having taken control of the state party after reforms democratised it in 1976.<ref name=jacobin /><ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Davis |first=Richard |editor-last=Alexander |editor-first=Alison |encyclopedia=[[The Companion to Tasmanian History]] |title=Labor Party |url=https://www.utas.edu.au/library/companion_to_tasmanian_history/L/Labor%20Party.htm |access-date=31 July 2020|year=2005 |publisher=[[University of Tasmania]] |isbn=1-86295-223-X}}</ref> In the Australian Capital Territory, the Left Caucus was founded after a left candidate was not [[Preselection|preselected]] in 1982. However, the Left was unable to translate their organisational advances into a presence in the [[Hawke government]]: although about a third of the Parliamentary caucus were aligned with the Left at the time, only one member was appointed to [[First Hawke Ministry|Hawke's first cabinet]], [[Stewart West]]: leading left-winger [[Brian Howe (politician)|Brian Howe]] placed high in the ministry ballot, but was relegated to a junior ministerial position. This came against the background of an increasing factionalising across the party and the emergence of a centre-left faction which joined with the Labor Right to dominate the Hawke government. Left influence was also restricted by the ALP's binding pledge committing legislators to accept caucus discipline, allowing members little freedom to dissent. Left influence also declined at the national conference, with the faction losing its conference majority in the early 1980s.<ref name=jacobin />

During the 1980s, prolonged disputes over tactical issues and personality conflicts resulted in a split occurring within the New South Wales Labor Left, creating two sub-factional groupings; the 'Hard Left' and the '[[Ferguson Left|Soft Left]]',<ref name="factions&fractions">{{cite journal |last1=Leigh |first1=Andrew |title=Factions and Fractions: A Case Study of Power Politics in the Australian Labor Party |journal=Australian Journal of Political Science |year=2000 |volume=35 |issue=3 |pages=427–448 |doi=10.1080/713649348 |s2cid=144601220 |url=http://andrewleigh.org/pdf/Factions(AJPS).pdf}}</ref> the latter of which was the successor of the Baldwinites.<ref name=albo /> A significant event which caused the split was the election of the Secretary Assistant of the New South Wales Labor Party, where the Hard Left faction supported [[Anthony Albanese]] while the Soft Left faction supported [[Jan Burnswoods]].<ref name="factions&fractions" /> The Hard Left faction was more closely aligned with left-wing groups external to the Labor Party, maintaining "closer links with broader left-wing groups, such as the [[Communist Party of Australia]], People for Nuclear Disarmament and the [[African National Congress]]" as well as trade union officials, political staffers, lobbyists and student politicians, while the Soft Left's main base of support was among rank-and-file party branch members.<ref name="factions&fractions" /><ref name=albo /> In terms of tactics, the Hard Left favoured a top-down approach of transactional negotiation with the Labor Right, whilst the Soft Left advocated a continuation of the Baldwinite bottom-up strategy of mobilising the grassroots membership to win party positions. This difference in approach led to struggles between the two factions over candidate selections, with the Hard Left using their control over the party apparatus in tandem with sections of the Right to deselect Soft Left MPs across the state, particularly in [[western Sydney]], [[Newcastle, New South Wales|Newcastle]] and [[Wollongong]]. For example, in Newcastle [[Bryce Gaudry]] was deselected in favour of the Right's [[Jodi McKay]], following which about 130 members resigned or were expelled from the city's ALP branches, previously the largest in the state.<ref name=albo /> The factions also had differing views on policy. While members of both the Soft and Hard Left opposed the Hawke/Keating government's privatisation of the [[Commonwealth Bank]] and [[Qantas]], the Hard Left was seen as being more staunchly resistant to these changes.<ref name="factions&fractions" />

=== Post 1990s ===
[[Lindsay Tanner]], writing in the early 1990s, argued that the principal "axis of division" with the ALP cut across the traditional left-right divide, namely the opposition of "[[Economic rationalism|rationalists]]" and "traditionalists", with the former supporting the [[Prices and Incomes Accord]] and union mergers, and abandoning or watering down their commitment to traditional Labor objectives such as public ownership, [[non-interventionism]] in foreign policy, and maintenance of working-class living standards, whilst the latter were negative towards the Accord, opposed to union mergers, sympathetic toward economic [[autarky]], and attached to traditional Labor policy objectives.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Tanner |first1=Lindsay |author-link1=Lindsay Tanner|date=June 1991|title=Labourism's Last Days|url=https://ro.uow.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2349&context=alr |magazine=[[Australian Left Review]] |issue=129  |pages=10–14|access-date=31 July 2020}}</ref> This divide can be seen through the career of [[Joan Kirner]], who served as Premier of Victoria between 1990 and 1992 and was the first member of the modern Labor Left to lead a government, who supported the ascent of [[Paul Keating]] to the post of Prime Minister and his decision to privatise [[Commonwealth Bank]] to finance a bailout for the ailing [[State Bank of Victoria]]. This resulted in the formation of a splinter group from the Socialist Left, the Pledge faction, which opposed privatisation: in 1996, Pledge allied with another left split, the Labour Renewal Alliance, and the right-wing Labor Unity faction to take control of the party away from the Socialist Left.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://theconversation.com/joan-kirner-a-pioneering-leader-for-the-left-as-well-as-women-42639 |title=Joan Kirner, a pioneering leader for the Left as well as women |last=Robinson |first=Geoffrey |date=2 June 2015 |website=[[The Conversation (website)|The Conversation]] |access-date=31 July 2020}}</ref><ref name=jacobin />

=== Labor Left factions from all jurisdictions ===
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!Jurisdiction
!Major Left grouping
!Conference floor percentage 2015
!Majority
|-
|New South Wales
|NSW Left
|40%<ref name="agitate, educate, opine">{{cite web |last=Chiu |first=Osmond |date=2 September 2014 |title=What is the factional breakdown at Labor Conferences? |url=https://agitateeducateopine.wordpress.com/2014/09/02/what-is-the-factional-breakdown-at-labor-conferences/ |access-date=22 January 2016 |website=Agitate, Educate, Opine}}{{Unreliable source?|date=November 2022}}</ref>
|No
|-
|Victoria
|Victorian Socialist Left
|49%<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kolovos |first=Benita |date=2023-06-16 |title=Factions, power and Daniel Andrews: Victorian Labor prepares for its first state conference in more than three years |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jun/16/victorian-labor-prepares-for-its-first-state-conference-in-three-years |access-date=2023-11-21 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
|Stability pact with the TWU-SDA
|-
|Western Australia
|Broad Left
|84%<ref name="agitate, educate, opine"/>
|Yes
|-
|Queensland
|The Left
|49%<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/queensland-government/creche-for-party-hacks-cfmeu-quits-labor-left/news-story/0d79db3816f5cabebea2155403e22c89|work=[[The Courier-Mail]]|title='No dud politicians': Labor leaders on fiery union spray|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
|Yes 
|-
|ACT
|Left Caucus
|51%<ref name="agitate, educate, opine"/>
|Yes
|-
|South Australia
|Progressive Left Unions and Sub-Branches
|35%<ref name="agitate, educate, opine"/>
|No
|-
|Tasmania
|The Left
|70%<ref name="agitate, educate, opine"/>
|Yes
|-
|Northern Territory
|The Left
|60%<ref name="agitate, educate, opine"/>
|Yes
|-
|National
|National Left
|48%<ref name="agitate, educate, opine"/>
|No
|}

==Federal members of the Labor Left (As of 2025)==
{| class="wikitable" style="vertical-align:bottom;"
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! Name
! Seat
! Other position(s)
! State
! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| [[Anthony Albanese]]
| Member for [[Division of Grayndler|Grayndler]]
| [[Prime Minister of Australia]]; Leader of the Labor Party
| [[New South Wales]]
| align="center" | <ref name="TND-20190524">{{cite web 
|url=https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/national/2019/05/24/paula-matthewson-labor-party/ |title=It can be tricky knowing left from right in the ALP |work=[[The New Daily]] |date=24 May 2019 |access-date=17 March 2021 |author=Matthewson, Paula}}</ref><ref name="TheNightlyFactions">{{cite web |last1=Smith|last2=Curtis |last3=Ransley|first1=Nicola|first2=Katina |first3=Ellen |title=Inside the Labor machine: Your guide to all the factions |url=https://thenightly.com.au/politics/australia/inside-the-labor-machine-your-guide-to-all-the-factions-c-18621566 |website=The Nightly |date=9 May 2025 |access-date=11 May 2025}}</ref>
|-
| [[Katy Gallagher]]
| Senator for [[Australian Capital Territory]]
| Minister for Finance; Minister for the Public Service; Minister for Women; Minister for Government Service
| [[Australian Capital Territory]]
| align="center" | <ref name="TheNightlyFactions" />
|-
| [[Jenny McAllister]]
| Senator for [[New South Wales]]
| 
| [[New South Wales]]
| align="center" | <ref name="TheNightlyFactions" />
|-
| [[Pat Conroy (politician)|Pat Conroy]]
| Member for [[Division of Shortland|Shortland]]
| Minister for Defence Industry; Minister for Pacific Island Affairs
| [[New South Wales]]
| align="center" | <ref name="SMH-20181029">{{cite web
|url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/new-trade-tensions-inside-labor-as-left-faction-pushes-for-greater-labour-restrictions-20181028-p50cib.html |title=New trade tensions inside Labor as Left faction pushes for greater labour restrictions |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=29 October 2018 |access-date=17 March 2021 |author=Crowe, David}}</ref>
|-
| [[Sharon Claydon]]
| Member for [[Division of Newcastle|Newcastle]]
| Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives
| [[New South Wales]]
| align="center" | <ref name="TheNightlyFactions" /> 
|-
| [[Susan Templeman]]
| Member for [[Division of Macquarie|Macquarie]]
| Special Envoy for the Arts
| [[New South Wales]]
| align="center" | <ref name="TheNightlyFactions" /> 
|-
| [[Tanya Plibersek]]
| Member for [[Division of Sydney|Sydney]]
| Minister for Social Services
| [[New South Wales]]
| align="center" | <ref name="TND-20190524"/>
|-
| [[Tim Ayres]]
| Senator for [[New South Wales]]
| Minister for Industry and Innovation; Minister for Science
| [[New South Wales]]
| align="center" | <ref name="TheNightlyFactions" />
|-
| [[Stephen Jones (Australian politician)|Stephen Jones]]
| Member for [[Division of Whitlam|Whitlam]]
| Assistant Treasurer; Minister for Financial Services
| [[New South Wales]]
| align="center" | <ref name="SMH-20190520">{{cite web
|url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/labor-left-rallies-behind-albanese-as-plibersek-pulls-out-of-leadership-race-20190520-p51p6o.html
|title=Labor Left rallies behind Albanese as Plibersek pulls out of leadership race |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=20 May 2019 |access-date=17 March 2021 |author=Koziol, Michael}}</ref>
|-
| [[Malarndirri McCarthy]]
| Senator for [[Northern Territory]]
| Minister for Indigenous Australians
| [[Northern Territory]]
| align="center" | <ref name="TheNightlyFactions" />
|-
| [[Nita Green]]
| Senator for [[Queensland]]
| Assistant Minister for Northern Australia; Assistant Minister for Tourism; Assistant Minister for Pacific Island Affairs
| [[Queensland]]
| align="center" | <ref name="TheNightlyFactions" />
|-
| [[Murray Watt]]
| Senator for [[Queensland]]
| Minister for Environment and Water
| [[Queensland]]
| align="center" | <ref name="TheNightlyFactions" />
|-
| [[Julie Collins]]
| Member for [[Division of Franklin|Franklin]]
| Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry;
| [[Tasmania]]
| align="center" | <ref name="TA-20160720">{{cite web
|url=https://www.theadvocate.com.au/story/4043721/shadow-spots-for-pair/ |title=Two Tasmanians on Left shadow cabinet ticket |work=[[The Advocate (Tasmania)|The Advocate]] |date=20 July 2016 |access-date=17 March 2021 |author=Langenberg, Adam}}</ref>
|-
| [[Mark Butler]]
| Member for [[Division of Hindmarsh|Hindmarsh]]
| Minister for Health and Ageing; Deputy Leader of the House; Minister for disability and the National Disability Insurance Scheme
| [[South Australia]]
| align="center" | <ref name="AFR-20181214" />
|-
| [[Penny Wong]]
| Senator for [[South Australia]]
| Leader of the Labor Party in the Senate; Leader of the Government in the Senate; Minister for Foreign Affairs
| [[South Australia]]
| align="center" | <ref name="TND-20190524"/>
|-
| [[Catherine King (politician)|Catherine King]]
| Member for [[Division of Ballarat|Ballarat]]
| Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, and Local Government
| [[Victoria (state)|Victoria]]
| align="center" | <ref name="AFR-20181214">{{cite web| url=https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/the-12-labor-figures-who-will-do-the-heavy-lifting-in-government-20181213-h1937u |title=The 12 Labor figures who will do the heavy lifting in government |work=[[Australian Financial Review]] |date=14 December 2018 |access-date=17 March 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[Andrew Giles]]
| Member for [[Division of Scullin|Scullin]]
| Minister for Skills and Training
| [[Victoria (state)|Victoria]]
| align="center" | <ref name="SMH-20181029">{{cite web
|url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/new-trade-tensions-inside-labor-as-left-faction-pushes-for-greater-labour-restrictions-20181028-p50cib.html |title=New trade tensions inside Labor as Left faction pushes for greater labour restrictions |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=29 October 2018 |access-date=17 March 2021 |author=Crowe, David}}</ref>
|-
| [[Ged Kearney]]
| Member for [[Division of Cooper|Cooper]]
| Assistant Minister for Social Services; Assistant Minister for the Prevention of Family Violence
| [[Victoria (state)|Victoria]]
| align="center" | <ref name="TSP-20191019">{{cite web |url=https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/2019/10/19/albanese-juggles-labor-frictions/15714036008935 
|title=Albanese juggles Labor frictions
|work=[[The Saturday Paper]] |date=19 October 2019 |access-date=17 March 2021
|author=Middleton, Karen}}</ref>
|-
| [[Kate Thwaites]]
| Member for [[Division of Jagajaga|Jagajaga]]
| Assistant Minister for Climate Change Adaption and Resilience
| [[Victoria (state)|Victoria]]
| align="center" | <ref>{{Cite web|last=Massola|first=James|date=2021-02-14|title=What are Labor's factions and who's who in the Left and Right?|url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/what-are-labor-s-factions-and-who-s-who-in-the-left-and-right-20210210-p5718j.html|access-date=2021-06-13|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en}}</ref>
|-
| [[Julian Hill (politician)|Julian Hill]]
| Member for [[Division of Bruce|Bruce]]
| Assistant Minister for Citizenship, Customs and Multicultural Affairs; Assistant Minister for International Education
| [[Victoria (state)|Victoria]]
| align="center" | <ref name="TheNightlyFactions" />
|-
| [[Anne Aly]]
| Member for [[Division of Cowan|Cowan]]
| Minister for Small Business; Minister for International Development; Minister for Multicultural Affairs
| [[Western Australia]]
| align="center" | <ref name="TheNightlyFactions" />
|-
| [[Patrick Gorman (politician)|Patrick Gorman]]
| Member for [[Division of Perth|Perth]]
| Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister; Assistant Minister for the Public Service; Assistant Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations
| [[Western Australia]]
| align="center" | <ref>{{cite web |last1=Butterly |first1=Nick |title=WA Labor's Patrick Gorman to get nod as Perth candidate |url=https://thewest.com.au/news/perth/wa-labors-patrick-gorman-to-get-nod-as-perth-candidate-ng-b88831599z |website=The West Australian |access-date=6 January 2022 |date=11 May 2018}}</ref>
|-
| [[Josh Wilson (politician)|Josh Wilson]]
| Member for [[Division of Fremantle|Fremantle]]
| Assistant Minister for Climate Change and Energy; Assistant Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
| [[Western Australia]]
| align="center" | <ref name="TheNightlyFactions" /> 
|-
| [[Sue Lines]]
| Senator for [[Western Australia]]
| President of the Senate
| [[Western Australia]]
| align="center" | <ref name="TheNightlyFactions" />
|-
| [[Anne Stanley (politician)|Anne Stanley]]
| Member for [[Division of Werriwa|Werriwa]]
| 
| [[New South Wales]]
| align="center" | <ref name="TheNightlyFactions" /> 
|-
| [[Ash Ambihaipahar]]
| Member for [[Division of Barton|Barton]]
| 
| [[New South Wales]]
| align="center" | <ref name="TheNightlyFactions" /> 
|-
| [[Carol Berry]]
| Member for [[Division of Whitlam|Whitlam]]
| 
| [[New South Wales]]
| align="center" | <ref name="TheNightlyFactions" />
|-
| [[Fiona Phillips]]
| Member for [[Division of Gilmore|Gilmore]]
| 
| [[New South Wales]]
| align="center" | <ref name="TheNightlyFactions" />
|-
| [[Jerome Laxale]]
| Member for [[Division of Bennelong|Bennelong]]
| 
| [[New South Wales]]
| align="center" | <ref name="TheNightlyFactions" />
|-
| [[Zhi Soon]]
| Member for [[Division of Banks|Banks]]
| 
| [[New South Wales]]
| align="center" | <ref name="TheNightlyFactions" />
|-
| [[Marion Scrymgour]]
| Member for [[Division of Lingiari|Lingiari]]
| Special Envoy for Remote Communities
| [[Northern Territory]]
| align="center" | <ref name="TheNightlyFactions" /> 
|-
| [[Ali France]]
| Member for [[Division of Dickson|Dickson]]
| 
| [[Queensland]]
| align="center" | <ref name="TheNightlyFactions" />
|-
| [[Julie-Ann Campbell]]
| Member for [[Division of Moreton|Moreton]]
| 
| [[Queensland]]
| align="center" | <ref name="TheNightlyFactions" /> 
|-
| [[Kara Cook]]
| Member for [[Division of Bonner|Bonner]]
| 
| [[Queensland]]
| align="center" | <ref name="TheNightlyFactions" /> 
|-
| [[Madonna Jarrett]]
| Member for [[Division of Brisbane|Brisbane]]
| 
| [[Queensland]]
| align="center" | <ref name="TheNightlyFactions" /> 
|-
| [[Matt Smith (Queensland politician)|Matt Smith]]
| Member for [[Division of Leichhardt|Leichhardt]]
| 
| [[Queensland]]
| align="center" | <ref name="TheNightlyFactions" /> 
|-
| [[Rowan Holzberger]]
| Member for [[Division of Forde|Forde]]
| 
| [[Queensland]]
| align="center” |
|-
| [[Renee Coffey]]
| Member for [[Division of Griffith|Griffith]]
| 
| [[Queensland]]
| align="center" | <ref name="TheNightlyFactions" /> 
|-
| [[Carol Brown (politician)|Carol Brown]]
| Senator for [[Tasmania]]
| 
| [[Tasmania]]
| align="center" | <ref name="TA-20160720"/>
|-
| [[Jess Teesdale]]
| Member for [[Division of Bass|Bass]]
| 
| [[Tasmania]]
| align="center" | <ref name="TheNightlyFactions" />
|-
| [[Anne Urquhart]]
| Member for [[Division of Braddon|Braddon]]
| 
| [[Tasmania]]
| align="center" | <ref name="TheNightlyFactions" />
|-
| [[Rebecca White]]
| Member for [[Division of Lyons|Lyons]]
| Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care; Assistant Minister for Indigenous health; Assistant Minister for Women
| [[Tasmania]]
| align="center" | <ref name="TheNightlyFactions" /> 
|-
| [[Charlotte Walker (politician)|Charlotte Walker]]
| Senator for [[South Australia]]
| 
| [[South Australia]]
| align="center" | <ref name="TheNightlyFactions" /> 
|-
| [[Tony Zappia]]
| Member for [[Division of Makin|Makin]]
| 
| [[South Australia]]
| align="center" | <ref name="TheNightlyFactions" />
|-
| [[Karen Grogan]]
| Senator for [[South Australia]]
| 
| [[South Australia]]
| align="center" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indaily.com.au/news/politics/2019/09/19/former-social-services-boss-tipped-to-lead-sa-labor-left/|title = Former social services boss tipped to lead SA Labor Left|date = 19 September 2019}}</ref>
|-
|[[Louise Miller-Frost]]
|Member for [[Division of Boothby|Boothby]]
|
|[[South Australia]]
| align="center" |<ref name="TheNightlyFactions" />
|-
| [[Basem Abdo]]
| Member for [[Division of Calwell|Calwell]]
| 
| [[Victoria (state)|Victoria]]
| align="center" | <ref name="TheNightlyFactions" /> 
|-
| [[Carina Garland]]
| Member for [[Division of Chisholm|Chisholm]]
| 
| [[Victoria (state)|Victoria]]
| align="center" | <ref name="TheNightlyFactions" /> 
|-
| [[Jo Briskey]]
| Member for [[Division of Maribyrnong|Maribyrnong]]
| 
| [[Victoria (state)|Victoria]]
| align="center" | <ref name="TheNightlyFactions" />
|-
| [[Joanne Ryan (politician)|Joanne Ryan]]
| Member for [[Division of Lalor|Lalor]]
| 
| [[Victoria (state)|Victoria]]
| align="center" | <ref name="TheNightlyFactions" /> 
|-
| [[Jodie Belyea]]
| Member for [[Division of Dunkley|Dunkley]]
| 
| [[Victoria (state)|Victoria]]
| align="center" | <ref name="TheNightlyFactions" />
|-
| [[Libby Coker]]
| Member for [[Division of Corangamite|Corangamite]]
| 
| [[Victoria (state)|Victoria]]
| align="center" | <ref name="TA-20200708">{{cite web |url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/cbd-melbourne-kearney-and-coker-jump-to-the-left-20200708-p55aav.html |title=CBD Melbourne: Kearney and Coker jump to the Left |work=[[The Age]] |date=8 July 2020 |access-date=17 March 2021 |author1=Brook, Stephen |author2=Hutchinson, Samantha}}</ref>
|-
| [[Lisa Chesters]]
| Member for [[Division of Bendigo|Bendigo]]
| 
| [[Victoria (state)|Victoria]]
| align="center" | <ref name="TheNightlyFactions" />
|-
| [[Mary Doyle]]
| Member for [[Division of Aston|Aston]]
| 
| [[Victoria (state)|Victoria]]
| align="center" | <ref name="TheNightlyFactions" /> 
|-
| [[Sarah Witty]]
| Member for [[Division of Melbourne|Melbourne]]
| 
| [[Victoria (state)|Victoria]]
| align="center" | <ref name="TheNightlyFactions" />
|-
| [[Gabriel Ng]]
| Member for [[Division of Menzies|Menzies]]
| 
| [[Victoria (state)|Victoria]]
| align="center" | <ref name="TheNightlyFactions" />
|-
| [[Jess Walsh]]
| Senator for [[Victoria (state)|Victoria]]
| Minister for Early Childhood Education; Minister for Youth
| [[Victoria (state)|Victoria]]
| align="center" | <ref name="TheNightlyFactions" /> 
|-
| [[Lisa Darmanin (politician)|Lisa Darmanin]]
| Senator for [[Victoria (state)|Victoria]]
| 
| [[Victoria (state)|Victoria]]
| align="center" | <ref name="TheNightlyFactions" /> 
|-
| [[Deep Singh]]
| Senator for [[Western Australia]]
| 
| [[Western Australia]]
| align="center" | <ref name="TheNightlyFactions" />
|-
| [[Ellie Whiteaker]]
| Senator for [[Western Australia]]
| 
| [[Western Australia]]
| align="center" | <ref name="TheNightlyFactions" /> 
|-
| [[Tom French (Australian politician)|Tom French]]
| Member for [[Division of Moore|Moore]]
| 
| [[Western Australia]]
| align="center" | <ref name="TheNightlyFactions" />
|-
| [[Zaneta Mascarenhas]]
| Member for [[Division of Swan|Swan]]
| 
| [[Western Australia]]
| align="center" | <ref name="TheNightlyFactions" /> 
|-
| [[Trish Cook]]
| Member for [[Division of Bullwinkel|Bullwinkel]]
| 
| [[Western Australia]]
| align="center" | <ref name="TheNightlyFactions" /> 
|}

==Queensland Parliament members of The Left (As of 2024)==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; font-size:95%"
|- 
! Name
! Seat
! Other position(s)
! Union
! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| [[Steven Miles]]
| align=center|[[Parliament of Queensland|Member]] for [[Electoral district of Murrumba|Murrumba]]
| [[Leader of the Opposition (Queensland)|Leader of the Opposition in Queensland]]
|[[United Workers Union]]
| align="center" |<ref>{{cite web |title=Annastacia Palaszczuk's anointed successor, Steven Miles, likely to face challenge, say Queensland Labor MPs |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/dec/10/who-will-replace-annastacia-palaszczuk-three-contenders-as-queensland-labor-picks-next-premier |website=[[The Guardian]] |date=10 December 2023 |access-date=2 December 2024 |last1=Smee |first1=Ben |last2=Messenger |first2=Andrew }}</ref>
|-
| [[Barbara O'Shea]]
| align=center|[[Parliament of Queensland|Member]] for [[Electoral district of South Brisbane|South Brisbane]]
|
|[[United Workers Union]]
|
|-
| [[Mick de Brenni]]
| align=center|[[Parliament of Queensland|Member]] for [[Electoral district of Springwood|Springwood]]
|[[Manager of Opposition Business in the House (Queensland)|Manager of Opposition Business]]
|
|align="center" |<ref name="FactionALPBrisTimes" />
|-
| [[Meaghan Scanlon]]
| align=center|[[Parliament of Queensland|Member]] for [[Electoral district of Gaven|Gaven]]
|Shadow Attorney-General, Shadow Minister for Justice, Shadow Minister for Housing, Homelessness and Home Ownership
|
|
|-
| [[Mark Bailey (politician)|Mark Bailey]]
| align=center|[[Parliament of Queensland|Member]] for [[Electoral district of Miller|Miller]]
|Shadow Minister for Health and Ambulance Services, Shadow Minister for Mental Health
|
|align="center" |<ref name="FactionALPBrisTimes" />
|-
| [[Shannon Fentiman]]
| align=center|[[Parliament of Queensland|Member]] for [[Electoral district of Waterford|Waterford]]
|Shadow Treasurer, Shadow Minister for Women
|[[Australian Manufacturing Workers Union]]
|align="center" |<ref name="FactionALPBrisTimes" />
|-
| [[Peter Russo (politician)|Peter Russo]]
| align=center|[[Parliament of Queensland|Member]] for [[Electoral district of Toohey|Toohey]]
|
|
| align="center" |<ref>{{cite web |title=Toohey |url=https://www.pollbludger.net/qld2024/LA.htm?s=Toohey |website=www.pollbludger.net |publisher=Poll Bludger}}</ref>
|-
| [[Nikki Boyd]]
| align=center|[[Parliament of Queensland|Member]] for [[Electoral district of Pine Rivers|Pine Rivers]]
|Shadow Minister for Local Government and Water, Shadow Minister for Fire, Disaster Recovery, Emergency Services and Volunteers
|[[United Workers Union]]
| align="center" |<ref>{{cite web |title=Pine Rivers |url=https://www.pollbludger.net/qld2024/LA.htm?s=PineRivers |website=www.pollbludger.net |publisher=Poll Bludger}}</ref>
|-
| [[Chris Whiting]]
| align=center|[[Parliament of Queensland|Member]] for [[Electoral district of Bancroft|Bancroft]]
|
|
| align="center" |<ref>{{cite web |title=Bancroft |url=https://www.pollbludger.net/qld2024/LA.htm?s=Bancroft |website=www.pollbludger.net |publisher=Poll Bludger}}</ref>
|-
| [[Lance McCallum]]
| align=center|[[Parliament of Queensland|Member]] for [[Electoral district of Bundamba|Bundamba]]
|Shadow Minister for Energy
|[[Electrical Trades Union of Australia|Electrical Trade Union]]
| align="center" |<ref>{{cite web |title=Bundamba  |url=https://www.pollbludger.net/qld2024/LA.htm?s=Bundamba |website=www.pollbludger.net |publisher=Poll Bludger}}</ref>
|-
| [[Glenn Butcher (politician)|Glenn Butcher]]
| align=center|[[Parliament of Queensland|Member]] for [[Electoral district of Gladstone|Gladstone]]
|Shadow Minister for Police and Crime Prevention, Shadow Minister for Corrective Services, Shadow Minister for Sport
|
| align="center" |<ref>{{cite web |title=Gladstone  |url=https://www.pollbludger.net/qld2024/LA.htm?s=Gladstone |website=www.pollbludger.net |publisher=Poll Bludger}}</ref>
|-
| [[Shane King (politician)|Shane King]]
| align=center|[[Parliament of Queensland|Member]] for [[Electoral district of Kurwongbah|Kurwongbah]]
|
|[[Electrical Trades Union of Australia|Electrical Trade Union]]
| align="center" |<ref>{{cite web |title=Kurwongbah  |url=https://www.pollbludger.net/qld2024/LA.htm?s=Kurwongbah |website=www.pollbludger.net |publisher=Poll Bludger}}</ref>
|-
| [[Melissa McMahon]]
| align=center|[[Parliament of Queensland|Member]] for [[Electoral district of Macalister|Macalister]]
|
|
| align="center" |<ref>{{cite web |title=Macalister  |url=https://www.pollbludger.net/qld2024/LA.htm?s=Macalister |website=www.pollbludger.net |publisher=Poll Bludger}}</ref>
|-
| [[Mark Ryan (Australian politician)|Mark Ryan]]
| align=center|[[Parliament of Queensland|Member]] for [[Electoral district of Morayfield|Morayfield]]
|
|
| align="center" |<ref>{{cite web |title=Morayfield  |url=https://www.pollbludger.net/qld2024/LA.htm?s=Morayfield |website=www.pollbludger.net |publisher=Poll Bludger}}</ref>
|-
| [[Leeanne Enoch]]
| align=center|[[Parliament of Queensland|Member]] for [[Electoral district of Algester|Algester]]
|Shadow Minister for Closing the Gap and Reconciliation, Shadow Minister for Seniors and Disability Services, Shadow Minister for Integrity, Shadow Minister for the Arts
|
| align="center" |<ref name="FactionALPBrisTimes">{{cite web |title=Labor's old guard wins in reshuffle |url=https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/labors-old-guard-wins-in-reshuffle-20151208-glht95.html |website=brisbanetimes.com.au |date=7 December 2015 |publisher=Brisbane times |access-date=2 December 2024 |ref=Yes}}</ref>
|-
| [[Jennifer Howard (Australian politician)|Jennifer Howard]]
| align=center|[[Parliament of Queensland|Member]] for [[Electoral district of Ipswich|Ipswich]]
|
|
| align="center" |<ref name="FactionChangeALPABC">{{cite web |title=Labor's old guard wins in reshuffle |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-03/queensland-labor-upheaval-mps-defect-rival-faction/104888784 |website=abc.com.au |date=3 February 2025 |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |access-date=11 February 2025 |ref=Yes}}</ref>
|-
| [[Corrine McMillan]]
| align=center|[[Parliament of Queensland|Member]] for [[Electoral district of Mansfield|Mansfield]]
|Shadow Minister for Child Safety, Communities and the Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence
|
| align="center" |<ref name="FactionChangeALPABC" />
|-
| [[Tom Smith (Queensland politician)|Tom Smith]]
| align=center|[[Parliament of Queensland|Member]] for [[Electoral district of Bundaberg|Bundaberg]]
|Shadow Minister for Primary Industries and Rural Development, Shadow Minister for Manufacturing
|
|
|}

==Western Australia Parliament members of The Left (As of 2024)==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; font-size:95%"
|- 
! Name
! Seat
! Other position(s)
! Union
! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| [[Dave Kelly (politician)|Dave Kelly]]
| align=center|[[Western Australian Legislative Assembly|Member]] for [[Electoral district of Bassendean|Bassendean]]
| 
|[[United Workers Union]]
| align="center" |<ref name="WATodayFactions">{{cite web |title=What are WA Labor's factions and who sits where? |url=https://www.watoday.com.au/politics/western-australia/what-are-wa-labor-s-factions-and-who-sits-where-20210315-p57awv.html |website=watoday.com.au |date=15 March 2021 |publisher=WA Today |access-date=7 December 2024 |ref=Yes}}</ref>
|-
| [[Lisa O'Malley]]
| align=center|[[Western Australian Legislative Council|MLA]] for [[Electoral district of Bicton|Bicton]]
| 
|[[United Workers Union]]
| align="center" |<ref name="WATodayFactions" />
|-
| [[Don Punch]]
| align=center|[[Western Australian Legislative Council|MLA]] for [[Electoral district of Bunbury|Bunbury]]
| 
|[[Australian Manufacturing Workers Union|AMWU]]
| align="center" |<ref name="WATodayFactions" />
|-
| [[Mark Folkard]]
| align=center|[[Western Australian Legislative Council|MLA]] for [[Electoral district of Burns Beach|Burns Beach]]
| 
|[[Australian Manufacturing Workers Union|AMWU]]
| align="center" |<ref name="WATodayFactions" />
|-
| [[David Scaife]]
| align=center|[[Western Australian Legislative Council|MLA]] for [[Electoral district of Cockburn|Cockburn]]
| 
|[[Australian Manufacturing Workers Union|AMWU]]
| align="center" |<ref name="WATodayFactions" />
|-
| [[Jodie Hanns]]
| align=center|[[Western Australian Legislative Council|MLA]] for [[Electoral district of Collie-Preston|Collie-Preston]]
| 
|[[Australian Manufacturing Workers Union|AMWU]]
| align="center" |<ref name="WATodayFactions" />
|-
| [[Lisa Munday]]
| align=center|[[Western Australian Legislative Council|MLA]] for [[Electoral district of Dawesville|Dawesville]]
| 
|[[United Workers Union]]
| align="center" |<ref name="WATodayFactions" />
|-
| [[Simone McGurk]]
| align=center|[[Western Australian Legislative Council|MLA]] for [[Electoral district of Fremantle|Fremantle]]
| 
|[[United Workers Union]]
| align="center" |<ref name="WATodayFactions" />
|-
| [[Lara Dalton]]
| align=center|[[Western Australian Legislative Council|MLA]] for [[Electoral district of Geraldton|Geraldton]]
| 
|[[United Workers Union]]
| align="center" |<ref name="WATodayFactions" />
|-
| [[Yaz Mubarakai]]
| align=center|[[Western Australian Legislative Council|MLA]] for [[Electoral district of Jandakot|Jandakot]]
| 
|[[Australian Manufacturing Workers Union|AMWU]]
| align="center" |<ref name="WATodayFactions" />
|-
| [[Emily Hamilton]]
| align=center|[[Western Australian Legislative Council|MLA]] for [[Electoral district of Joondalup|Joondalup]]
| 
|[[United Workers Union]]
| align="center" |<ref name="WATodayFactions" />
|-
| [[Matthew Hughes (politician)|Matthew Hughes]]
| align=center|[[Western Australian Legislative Council|MLA]] for [[Electoral district of Kalamunda|Kalamunda]]
| 
|[[United Workers Union]]
| align="center" |<ref name="WATodayFactions" />
|-
| [[Divina D'Anna]]
| align=center|[[Western Australian Legislative Council|MLA]] for [[Electoral district of Kimberley|Kimberley]]
| 
|[[Australian Manufacturing Workers Union|AMWU]]
| align="center" |<ref name="WATodayFactions" />
|-
| [[Jessica Stojkovski]]
| align=center|[[Western Australian Legislative Council|MLA]] for [[Electoral district of Kingsley|Kingsley]]
| 
|[[Australian Manufacturing Workers Union|AMWU]]
| align="center" |<ref name="WATodayFactions" />
|-
| [[Roger Cook (politician)|Roger Cook]]
| align=center|[[Western Australian Legislative Council|MLA]] for [[Electoral district of Kwinana|Kwinana]]
| [[Premier of Western Australia]], [[Minister for State Development (Western Australia)|Minister for State Development]], Minister for Public Sector Management, Minister for Federal-State Relations
|[[United Workers Union]]
| align="center" |<ref name="WATodayFactions" />
|-
| [[David Templeman]]
| align=center|[[Western Australian Legislative Council|MLA]] for [[Electoral district of Mandurah|Mandurah]]
| 
|[[Australian Manufacturing Workers Union|AMWU]]
| align="center" |<ref name="WATodayFactions" />
|-
| [[Lisa Baker (Australian politician)|Lisa Baker]]
| align=center|[[Western Australian Legislative Council|MLA]] for [[Electoral district of Maylands|Maylands]]
| 
|[[United Workers Union]]
| align="center" |<ref name="WATodayFactions" />
|-
| [[Meredith Hammat]]
| align=center|[[Western Australian Legislative Council|MLA]] for [[Electoral district of Mirrabooka|Mirrabooka]]
| 
|[[United Workers Union]]
| align="center" |<ref name="WATodayFactions" />
|-
| [[Amber-Jade Sanderson]]
| align=center|[[Western Australian Legislative Council|MLA]] for [[Electoral district of Morley|Morley]]
| 
|[[United Workers Union]]
| align="center" |<ref name="WATodayFactions" />
|-
| [[Robyn Clarke]]
| align=center|[[Western Australian Legislative Council|MLA]] for [[Electoral district of Murray-Wellington|Murray-Wellington]]
| 
|[[Australian Manufacturing Workers Union|AMWU]]
| align="center" |<ref name="WATodayFactions" />
|-
| [[John Carey (Australian politician)|John Carey]]
| align=center|[[Western Australian Legislative Council|MLA]] for [[Electoral district of Perth|Perth]]
| 
|[[United Workers Union]]
| align="center" |<ref name="WATodayFactions" />
|-
| [[Kevin Michel]]
| align=center|[[Western Australian Legislative Council|MLA]] for [[Electoral district of Pilbara|Pilbara]]
| 
|[[Australian Manufacturing Workers Union|AMWU]]
| align="center" |<ref name="WATodayFactions" />
|-
| [[Terry Healy]]
| align=center|[[Western Australian Legislative Council|MLA]] for [[Electoral district of Southern River|Southern River]]
| 
|[[United Workers Union]]
| align="center" |<ref name="WATodayFactions" />
|-
| [[Jessica Shaw]]
| align=center|[[Western Australian Legislative Council|MLA]] for [[Electoral district of Swan Hills|Swan Hills]]
| 
|[[United Workers Union]]
| align="center" |<ref name="WATodayFactions" />
|-
| [[Chris Tallentire]]
| align=center|[[Western Australian Legislative Council|MLA]] for [[Electoral district of Thornlie|Thornlie]]
| 
|[[United Workers Union]]
| align="center" |<ref name="WATodayFactions" />
|-
| [[Sabine Winton]]
| align=center|[[Western Australian Legislative Council|MLA]] for [[Electoral district of Wanneroo|Wanneroo]]
| 
|[[United Workers Union]]
| align="center" |<ref name="WATodayFactions" />
|-
| [[Darren West]]
| align=center|[[Western Australian Legislative Council|MLC]] for [[Agricultural Region|Agricultural]]
| 
|[[United Workers Union]]
| align="center" |<ref name="WATodayFactions" />
|-
| [[Shelley Payne]]
| align=center|[[Western Australian Legislative Council|MLC]] for [[Agricultural Region|Agricultural]]
| 
|[[United Workers Union]]
| align="center" |<ref name="WATodayFactions" />
|-
| [[Alanna Clohesy]]
| align=center|[[Western Australian Legislative Council|MLC]] for [[East Metropolitan Region|East Metropolitan]]
| 
|[[Australian Manufacturing Workers Union|AMWU]]
| align="center" |<ref name="WATodayFactions" />
|-
| [[Lorna Harper]]
| align=center|[[Western Australian Legislative Council|MLC]] for [[East Metropolitan Region|East Metropolitan]]
| 
|[[United Workers Union]]
| align="center" |<ref name="WATodayFactions" />
|-
| [[Stephen Dawson]]
| align=center|[[Western Australian Legislative Council|MLC]] for [[Mining and Pastoral Region|Mining and Pastoral]]
| [[Minister for Emergency Services (Western Australia)|Minister for Emergency Services]], Minister for Innovation and the Digital Economy, [[Minister for Science (Western Australia)|Minister for Science, Minister for Medical Research]], Minister assisting the Minister for State and Industry Development, Jobs and Trade
|[[Australian Manufacturing Workers Union|AMWU]]
| align="center" |<ref name="WATodayFactions" />
|-
| [[Peter Foster]]
| align=center|[[Western Australian Legislative Council|MLC]] for [[Mining and Pastoral Region|Mining and Pastoral]]
| 
|[[Australian Manufacturing Workers Union|AMWU]]
| align="center" |<ref name="WATodayFactions" />
|-
| [[Pierre Yang]]
| align=center|[[Western Australian Legislative Council|MLC]] for [[North Metropolitan Region|North Metropolitan]]
| 
|[[United Workers Union]]
| align="center" |<ref name="WATodayFactions" />
|-
| [[Ayor Makur Chuot]]
| align=center|[[Western Australian Legislative Council|MLC]] for [[North Metropolitan Region|North Metropolitan]]
| 
|[[United Workers Union]]
| align="center" |<ref name="WATodayFactions" />
|-
| [[Daniel Caddy]]
| align=center|[[Western Australian Legislative Council|MLC]] for [[North Metropolitan Region|North Metropolitan]]
| 
|[[United Workers Union]]
| align="center" |<ref name="WATodayFactions" />
|-
| [[Sue Ellery]]
| align=center|[[Western Australian Legislative Council|MLC]] for [[South Metropolitan Region|South Metropolitan]]
| [[Minister for Finance (Western Australia)|Minister for Finance]], [[Minister for Commerce (Western Australia)|Minister for Commerce]], [[Minister for Women's Interests]]
|[[United Workers Union]]
| align="center" |<ref name="WATodayFactions" />
|-
| [[Klara Andric]]
| align=center|[[Western Australian Legislative Council|MLC]] for [[South Metropolitan Region|South Metropolitan]]
| 
|[[United Workers Union]]
| align="center" |<ref name="WATodayFactions" />
|-
| [[Stephen Pratt]]
| align=center|[[Western Australian Legislative Council|MLC]] for [[South Metropolitan Region|South Metropolitan]]
| 
|[[United Workers Union]]
| align="center" |<ref name="WATodayFactions" />
|-
| [[Sally Talbot]]
| align=center|[[Western Australian Legislative Council|MLC]] for [[South West Region (Western Australia)|South West]]
| 
|[[Australian Manufacturing Workers Union|AMWU]]
| align="center"|<ref name="WATodayFactions" />
|-
| [[Jackie Jarvis]]
| align=center|[[Western Australian Legislative Council|MLC]] for [[South West Region (Western Australia)|South West]]
| 
|[[United Workers Union]]
| align="center"|<ref name="WATodayFactions" />
|}

==New South Wales Parliament members of The Left (As of 2024)==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; font-size:95%"
|- 
! Name
! Seat
! Other position(s)
! Union
! Sub-Faction
! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| [[Lynda Voltz]]
|
|
|
|[[Ferguson Left|Soft left]]
|<ref name="SydneyMorningHerald2024">{{cite news |last1=Max |first1=Maddison |last2=Michael |first2=McGowan |title=The burning desire for power that triggered the rise of Minns — and his cross-factional clique |url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/how-votes-trumped-values-inside-the-minns-government-s-factions-20240130-p5f15c.html |access-date=4 April 2025 |agency=The Sydney Morning Herald |publisher=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=February 4, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[Anthony D'Adam]]
|
|
|
|[[Ferguson Left|Soft left]]
|<ref name="SydneyMorningHerald2024" />
|-
| [[Nathan Hagarty]]
|
|
|
|[[Ferguson Left|Soft left]]
|<ref name="SydneyMorningHerald2024" />
|-
| [[Tim Crakanthorp]]
|
|
|
|[[Ferguson Left|Soft left]]
|<ref name="SydneyMorningHerald2024" />
|-
| [[Cameron Murphy]]
|
|
|
|[[Ferguson Left|Soft left]]
|<ref name="SydneyMorningHerald2024" />
|-
| [[Julia Finn]]
|
|
|
|[[Ferguson Left|Soft left]]
|<ref name="SydneyMorningHerald2024" />
|-
| [[Sonia Hornery]]
|
|
|
|[[Ferguson Left|Soft left]]
|<ref name="SydneyMorningHerald2024" />
|-
| [[Charishma Kaliyanda]]
|
|
|
|[[Ferguson Left|Soft left]]
|<ref name="SydneyMorningHerald2024" />
|-
| [[Kylie Wilkinson]]
|
|
|
|[[Ferguson Left|Soft left]]
|<ref name="SydneyMorningHerald2024" />
|-
| [[Yasmin Catley]]
|align=center|[[New South Wales Legislative Council|MLA]] for [[Electoral district of Swansea|Swansea]]
|
|
|[[Hard Left#Australia|Hard left]]
|<ref name="SydneyMorningHerald2024" />
|-
| [[Jo Haylen]]
|
|
|
|[[Hard Left#Australia|Hard left]]
|<ref name="SydneyMorningHerald2024" />
|-
| [[Rose Jackson]]
|
|
|
|[[Hard Left#Australia|Hard left]]
|<ref name="SydneyMorningHerald2024" />
|-
| [[Trish Doyle]]
|
|
|
|[[Hard Left#Australia|Hard left]]
|<ref name="SydneyMorningHerald2024" />
|-
| [[Karen McKeown]]
|
|
|
|[[Hard Left#Australia|Hard left]]
|<ref name="SydneyMorningHerald2024" />
|-
| [[Janelle Saffin]]
|
|
|
|[[Hard Left#Australia|Hard left]]
|<ref name="SydneyMorningHerald2024" />
|-
| [[John Graham (Australian politician)|John Graham]]
|
|
|
|[[Hard Left#Australia|Hard left]]
|<ref name="SydneyMorningHerald2024" />
|-
| [[Liza Butler]]
|
|
|
|[[Hard Left#Australia|Hard left]]
|<ref name="SydneyMorningHerald2024" />
|-
| [[Peter Primrose]]
|
|
|
|[[Hard Left#Australia|Hard left]]
|<ref name="SydneyMorningHerald2024" />
|-
| [[Jodie Harrison]]
|
|
|
|[[Hard Left#Australia|Hard left]]
|<ref name="SydneyMorningHerald2024" />
|-
| [[Penny Sharpe]]
|align=center|[[New South Wales Legislative Council|MLC]] for NSW
|
|
|[[Hard Left#Australia|Hard left]]
|<ref name="SydneyMorningHerald2024" />
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== Further reading ==
* Barcan, Alan, (1960) ''The socialist left in Australia 1949–1959'' Sydney: Australian Political Studies Association (Occasional monograph (Australian Political Studies Association)) no. 2.
* Leigh, Andrew, (2000) [http://andrewleigh.org/pdf/Factions(AJPS).pdf "Factions and Fractions: A Case Study of Power Politics in the Australian Labor Party"] ''Australian Journal of Political Science'', 2000, vol. 35, iss. 3, pp.&nbsp;427–448.
* Bongiorno, Frank (2014) [http://www.nswleft.com/the_new_south_wales_left_at_60 The New South Wales Left at 60] NSW Left Website.

== External links ==
* [https://www.nswlaborleft.com/ NSW Left website]
* [https://www.younglaborleft.org/ Young Labor Left NSW website]
* [http://www.plus.org.au/ SA Socialist Left website]
* [https://theleft.org.au/ QLD Left website]
* [https://www.challengemag.org/ ''Challenge Magazine'' website]

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