A push by major Left faction unions to strip out all references to the AUKUS submarine deal from Labor’s national platform is set to fail.
Three of the nation’s biggest unions are preparing to vote against a crucial Labor motion supporting the AUKUS pact, while two others could abstain from the motion, in a sign of the government’s inability to unite its supporters behind the controversial nuclear submarine deal.
“That’s why it’s vital we leave this conference with a plan for progress over the next decade – and a platform for victory in 2025.” But the Electrical Trades Union, the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union and the Maritime Union of Australia will attempt to strip out all references to nuclear submarines.
But that will not be enough to deter major Left faction unions including the Electrical Trades Union, the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union and the Maritime Union of Australia from putting an alternative motion that strips out references to nuclear submarines. In a “cognate debate” with the two motions put alongside each other, the national conference is expected to back the Right faction-aligned Marles – despite support on the left for Wright’s motion – because the Right faction will combine with the parliamentary wing of the party and the remaining Left-union aligned delegates to deliver the numbers.
Earlier on Thursday, a pro-Israel group within the Right proposed to remove from the party platform a commitment to recognise the state of Palestine, prompting outrage from the Left and some groups in the Right.
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