Editing Australian Labor Party (section)

=== State and territory branches ===
{{main|List of state branches of the Australian Labor Party}}
The Australian Labor Party is a federal party, consisting of eight branches from each state and territory. While the National Executive is responsible for national campaign strategy, each state and territory are an autonomous branch and are responsible for campaigning in their own jurisdictions for federal, state and local elections. State and territory branches consist of both individual members and [[affiliated trade union]]s, who between them decide the party's policies, elect its governing bodies and choose its candidates for public office.

Members join a state branch and pay a membership fee, which is graduated according to income. The majority of [[Australian labour movement|trade unions in Australia]] are affiliated to the party at a state level. Union affiliation is direct and not through the [[Australian Council of Trade Unions]]. Affiliated unions pay an affiliation fee based on the size of their membership. Union affiliation fees make up a large part of the party's income. Other sources of funds for the party include [[political funding in Australia|political donations]] and [[Elections in Australia#Public funding|public funding]].

Members are generally expected to attend at least one meeting of their local branch each year, although there are differences in the rules from state to state. In practice, only a dedicated minority regularly attend meetings. Many members are only active during election campaigns.

The members and unions elect delegates to state and territory conferences (usually held annually, although more frequent conferences are often held). These conferences decide policy, and elect state or territory executives, a state or territory president (an honorary position usually held for a one-year term), and a state or territory secretary (a full-time professional position). However, [[Australian Labor Party (Australian Capital Territory Branch)|ACT Labor]] directly elects its president. The larger branches also have full-time assistant secretaries and organisers. In the past the ratio of conference delegates coming from the branches and affiliated unions has varied from state to state, however under recent national reforms at least 50% of delegates at all state and territory conferences must be elected by branches.

In some states, the party also contests local government elections or endorses local candidates. In others it does not, preferring to allow its members to run as non-endorsed candidates. The process of choosing candidates is called [[preselection]]. Candidates are preselected by different methods in the various states and territories. In some they are chosen by ballots of all party members, in others by panels or committees elected by the state conference, in still others by a combination of these two.

The state and territory Labor branches are the following:
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align: center;"
!colspan=2 rowspan=3 |Branch
!rowspan=3 |Leader
!colspan=6| Last state/territory election
!rowspan=3| Status
! colspan="2" | [[Parliament of Australia|Federal representatives]]
|-
!colspan=4| Lower house
!colspan=2| Upper house
! rowspan="2" |[[Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 2022–2025|MPs]]
! rowspan="2" |[[Members of the Australian Senate, 2022–2025|Senators]]
|-
!Year
!Votes (%)
!Seats
![[Two-party-preferred vote|TPP]] (%)
!Votes (%)
!Seats
|-
|style="width:2px;background:{{party color|Australian Labor Party}};"|
|[[Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch)|New South Wales Labor]]
|[[Chris Minns]] <br> {{small|(since [[2021 New South Wales Labor Party leadership election|2021]])}}
|[[2023 New South Wales state election|2023]]
|37.1
|{{composition bar|45|93|hex={{party color|Australian Labor Party}}}}
|54.3
|37.1
|{{composition bar|15|42|hex={{party color|Australian Labor Party}}}}
|{{yes2|[[Minns ministry|Minority]]}}
|{{composition bar|27|47|hex={{party color|Australian Labor Party}}}}
|{{composition bar|4|12|hex={{party color|Australian Labor Party}}}}
|-
|style="width:2px;background:{{Australian politics/party colours|labor vic}};"|
|[[Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch)|Victorian Labor]]
|[[Jacinta Allan]] <br> {{small|(since [[2023 Victorian Labor Party leadership election|2023]])}}
|[[2022 Victorian state election|2022]]
|36.7
|{{composition bar|56|88|hex={{Australian politics/party colours|labor vic}}}}
|55.0
|33.0
|{{composition bar|15|40|hex={{Australian politics/party colours|labor vic}}}}
|{{yes2|[[Allan ministry|Majority]]}}
|{{composition bar|24|39|hex={{Australian politics/party colours|labor vic}}}}
|{{composition bar|4|12|hex={{Australian politics/party colours|labor vic}}}}
|-
|style="width:2px;background:{{Australian politics/party colours|labor qld}};"|
|[[Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch)|Queensland Labor]]
|[[Steven Miles]] <br> {{small|(since [[2023 Queensland Labor Party leadership election|2023]])}}
|[[2024 Queensland state election|2024]]
|32.6
|{{composition bar|36|93|hex={{Australian politics/party colours|labor qld}}}}
|46.2
|align=center colspan=2 {{N/A}}{{efn|Queensland has maintained a [[Unicameralism|unicameral legislature]] since 1922.}}
|{{no2|[[Opposition (Queensland)|Opposition]]}}
|{{composition bar|5|30|hex={{party color|Australian Labor Party}}}}
|{{composition bar|3|12|hex={{party color|Australian Labor Party}}}}
|-
|style="width:2px;background:{{party color|Australian Labor Party}};"|
|[[Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch)|Western Australian Labor]]
|[[Roger Cook (politician)|Roger Cook]] <br> {{small|(since [[2023 Western Australian Labor Party leadership election|2023]])}}
|[[2025 Western Australian state election|2025]]
|41.4
|{{composition bar|46|59|hex={{party color|Australian Labor Party}}}}
|57.1
|40.9
|{{composition bar|16|36|hex={{party color|Australian Labor Party}}}}
|{{yes2|[[First Cook ministry|Majority]]}}
|{{composition bar|9|15|hex={{party color|Australian Labor Party}}}}
|{{composition bar|5|12|hex={{party color|Australian Labor Party}}}}
|-
|style="width:2px;background:{{party color|Australian Labor Party}};"|
|[[Australian Labor Party (South Australian Branch)|South Australian Labor]]
|[[Peter Malinauskas]] <br> {{small|(since 2018)}}
|[[2022 South Australian state election|2022]]
|40.0
|{{composition bar|27|47|hex={{party color|Australian Labor Party}}}}
|54.6
|37.0
|{{composition bar|9|22|hex={{party color|Australian Labor Party}}}}
|{{yes2|[[Malinauskas ministry|Majority]]}}
|{{composition bar|6|10|hex={{party color|Australian Labor Party}}}}
|{{composition bar|4|12|hex={{party color|Australian Labor Party}}}}
|-
|style="width:2px;background:{{party color|Australian Labor Party}};"|
|[[Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch)|Tasmanian Labor]]
|[[Dean Winter]] <br> {{small|(since [[2024 Tasmanian Labor Party leadership election|2024]])}}
|[[2024 Tasmanian state election|2024]]
|29.0
|{{composition bar|10|35|hex={{party color|Australian Labor Party}}}}
|align=right {{N/A}}{{efn|Tasmania uses a semi-proportional system and thus TPP is not calculated.}}
|align=right {{N/A}}{{efn|Tasmania elects [[Tasmanian Legislative Council|legislative council]] representatives on a periodic basis, with elections held almost every year.}}
|{{composition bar|3|15|hex={{party color|Australian Labor Party}}}}
|{{no2|[[Opposition (Tasmania)|Opposition]]}}
|{{composition bar|2|5|hex={{party color|Australian Labor Party}}}}
|{{composition bar|4|12|hex={{party color|Australian Labor Party}}}}
|-
|style="width:2px;background:{{party color|Australian Labor Party}};"|
|[[Australian Labor Party (Australian Capital Territory Branch)|ACT Labor]]
|[[Andrew Barr]]
|[[2024 Australian Capital Territory election|2024]]
|34.5
|{{composition bar|10|25|hex={{party color|Australian Labor Party}}}}
|align=right {{N/A}}{{efn|The ACT uses a semi-proportional system and thus TPP is not calculated.}}
|align=center colspan=2 {{N/A}}{{efn|The ACT has a [[Unicameralism|unicameral]] parliament.}}
|{{yes2|[[Fourth Barr Ministry|Minority]]}}
|{{composition bar|3|3|hex={{party color|Australian Labor Party}}}}
|{{composition bar|1|2|hex={{party color|Australian Labor Party}}}}
|-
|style="width:2px;background:{{party color|Australian Labor Party}};"|
|[[Australian Labor Party (Northern Territory Branch)|Territory Labor]]
|[[Selena Uibo]] <br> {{small|(since [[2024 Territory Labor Party leadership election|2024]])}}
|[[2024 Northern Territory general election|2024]]
|28.7
|{{composition bar|4|25|hex={{party color|Australian Labor Party}}}}
|42.0
|align=center colspan=2 {{N/A}}{{efn|The Northern Territory has a [[Unicameralism|unicameral]] parliament.}}
|{{no2|[[Opposition (Northern Territory)|Opposition]]}}
|{{composition bar|2|2|hex={{party color|Australian Labor Party}}}}
|{{composition bar|1|2|hex={{party color|Australian Labor Party}}}}
|}