Australian Labor Party (July 2019)

The Australian Labor Party was an Australian political party. Formed after the July 2019 federal election, it was a merger between the Agrarian Party of Australia and the Australian Greens. Liberal MP for Cowper, Manly-Kitten also joined the merger, becoming leader of the new party. On 28 August 2019, the Australian Progressives merged into the Labor Party, with AnswerMeNow1 and Mad_Bear_O_Melbourne becoming co-leaders of the Labor Party. Manly-Kitten became the party chairman.

Factions
Following the Labor-Progressives merger, internal party factions were created.

Progressive faction
The Progressive faction of the Labor Party is led by former Australian Progressives leader and current party co-leader AnswerMeNow1. All of the executive of the former Progressives (but not, as of 28 August 2019, hk-laichar) are in the Progressive faction, making it in some ways a successor of the Australian Progressives, however Australian Progressives members were not required to join the new faction. Overall, the Progressive faction of the Labor Party is a socially liberal and democratic socialist left-wing faction set up to advance progressivism within the Labor Party. Via its connections with the Australian Progressives, the Progressive factions traces its roots back to the South Gippsland Network, a party led by AnswerMeNow1 which advocated for rural interests in Victoria and chiefly, as the name suggested, those of South Gippsland, and which successfully won the Division of Nicholls at the July 2019 federal election.

Unionist faction
The Unionist faction of the Labor Party is a faction designed for trade union advocacy and to act as a voice for unions within the Labor Party. Historically, unions have played an important part within the Labor Party. In the former Australian Labour Party, the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union was affiliated with the party and supported Socialist Left proposals. It is led by Mad_Bear_O_Melbourne.

Libertarian faction
The Libertarian faction is a centre-left faction of the Labor Party led by Manly-Kitten. The Libertarian faction advocates for libertarian ideals, such as more limited government.