They used to be the setting of some of the party’s most dramatic spats. But the biggest realignment of factional power has occurred behind close doors
A party president and members for policy committees will also be elected, as will the makeup of a new panel that will have a say in preselections.
But for most rank and file members, the conference will be a opportunity to influence the government’s policy for the first time in years.Several motions to be debated this weekend by the 600 delegates attending have a progressive bent. Of the 109 contained in a draft released earlier this week, eight suggest solutions to the state’s housing affordability crisis and three urge the government to increase access and funding for abortions.
One source said they did not expect there to be debates on the duck hunting or Palestine proposals, with the latter likely to be delayed entirely.
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