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Article: Fed: 60-40 rule can change if ALP reforms branches: Shorten
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- February 20, 2002
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Fed: 60-40 rule can change if ALP reforms branches: Shorten
By Denis Peters, Industrial Correspondent
CANBERRA, Feb 20 AAP - Reforming the 60-40 rule in which unions
dominate voting at
ALP state conferences was not an insurmountable problem, Australian
Workers' Union (AWU)
boss Bill Shorten said today.
However, the focus on reform should not be on the specific percentage
of votes but
on improving the choice of candidates and ALP processes, the union
leader said.
His comments come after federal Labor leader Simon Crean promised
a review of the process
in which unions can muster 60 per cent of the vote at conference compared
to 40 per cent
for ALP branches.