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The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...

Timeline of Events

1904

4.27.1904

The Australian Labor Party becomes the first such party to gain national government, under Chris Watson.

1916

11.13.1916

Prime Minister of Australia Billy Hughes is expelled from the Labor Party over his support for conscription.

1972

12.2.1972

Gough Whitlam becomes the first Labor Prime Minister of Australia for 23 years.

2006

3.18.2006

Mike Rann secures the first Labor majority government in South Australia since 1985 by winning the state election.

2007

11.24.2007

Australians elect the centre-left Australian Labor Party at a federal election; the outgoing prime minister, John Howard, becomes the first since 1929 to lose his own seat.