Monthly Archives: January 2019

Kevin Rudd was the centre of attention in Adelaide this morning … ALP President Wayne Swan suspended standing orders to honour Mr Rudd, along with Paul Keating and Julia Gillard. But Mr Rudd was the only former prime minister who was actually present to accept his lifetime membership. Source: Kevin Rudd unleashes awkward rant at …

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In Australian English, the word ‘labour’ is not spelled ‘labor’. The misspelling originated from the proceedings of the Federal Conference in 1902. In 1905 and 1908, they used the spelling ‘Labour’. In 1908, a motion to use the title ‘Australian Labour Party’ was carried by 22 votes to 2. Despite this, they again used the misspelling …

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