The Leader of the Opposition, Bill Shorten, has proposed a series of reforms to the operation of the ALP.
In a speech to a Per Capita forum at the Wheeler Centre in Melbourne, Shorten proposed giving party members more say in the preselection of lower and upper house candidates. He also proposed a system of direct election of National Conference delegates.
“We need to change ourselves,” Shorten said. “We need to change our party. If we don’t change, we are putting our very future at risk.”