Albo’s time warp: it’s just a jump to the Left
by Phillip Coorey · Australian Financial ReviewPhillip CooreyPolitical editor
Jul 17, 2026 – 8.00pm
The last material push to distance Labor from its Socialist roots came just over a decade ago.
It was 2015, a week or so before Labor’s triennial national conference, the party’s highest decision-making forum and Australia’s largest political gathering.
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Phillip CooreyPolitical editorPhillip Coorey is The Australian Financial Review’s political editor based in Canberra. He has covered federal politics since 1998, beginning at The Advertiser before serving as a New York correspondent for News Corp and later as chief political correspondent at The Sydney Morning Herald. A two-time winner of the Paul Lyneham Award for press gallery excellence, he joined the AFR in 2012 and writes the weekly Canberra Observed column. He is a regular commentator on ABC TV’s Insiders program. Connect with Phillip on Facebook and Twitter. Email Phillip at pcoorey@afr.com
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