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Anthony Albanese, left, and new Labor leader Bill Shorten both came to power thanks to the factional system they now seek to reimpose on their party. Picture: Kym Smith Source: TheAustralian IT took barely a day for reality to surface for Labor. Despite broad smiles and bonhomie after new federal leader Bill Shorten emerged triumphant from his party's experiment with internal democracy, many of his parliamentary colleagues were left seething. A successful process for electing the federal ALP's parliamentary leader - in which party members were given a 50 per cent say for the first time - fitted exactly the upbeat narrative Shorten wanted to sell after a bruising election loss: he was ready take charge of a united, inclusive team that could take the fight up to the Abbott government as a credible opposition. 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Our new leader, Bill Shorten, may hope for no rancour in the caucus, but the current outcome of the shadow ministry reflects an immediate reversion to the faceless men being firmly in control, Burke declared on The Guardian website. Was this just sour grapes from a woman overrating herself in Labor's talent pool? Shorten's new deputy, Tanya Plibersek, certainly put this understanding gloss on the outcome, saying yesterday that Burke was speaking from a place of disappointment after failing to be included among the 11 women on the 30-member opposition frontbench. Labor does, on the face of it, have a good gender story to tell: the level of female representation on its frontbench is unprecedented, and in stark contrast to Tony Abbott's male-dominated ministerial line-up. But Burke's central complaint about the return of the male-dominated factions rings true. Labor's frontbench is neither a captain's pick by the new leader seeking talent, nor the product of an openly contested caucus vote seeking to reward merit. Rather, as Burke says, Shorten's frontbench was delivered as a fait accompli to the Labor caucus based on a couple of blokes sitting round a room carving up the spoils and then telling everybody else what the outcome's going to be . Neither Shorten nor his rival for the Labor leadership, Anthony Albanese, have clean hands in this matter: both are keen, publicly, to promote a shift to party democracy, yet both remain factional bosses whose ultimate loyalty is to their tribes. They owe their political rise in the party to a history of patronage and backroom dealings. The demotion on Monday of at least two former frontbenchers from Albanese's Left faction - former multicultural affairs minister Kate Lundy and indigenous health minister Warren Snowdon - is being seen by Labor insiders as straightforward retribution: they were punished for voting for Shorten in the leadership contest,[url=http://www.ugg-boots-sale.org]cheap ugg[/url], rather than for their faction leader. They did Albo in - why shouldn't he do them in? is how one senior Labor figure puts it. They can't squeal too much because they know they did him in for the leadership. Snowdon has a different interpretation, referring to the caucus frontbench selection as a stitch-up that left no room for an open vote. Veteran NSW Labor left-winger Laurie Ferguson, well known for his dislike of Albanese, spoke up for Lundy on Twitter: Sad collateral payback. Where was Shorten, the new leader seeking unity, in the midst of all this bitterness? He didn't do anything to stop the Left going after Lundy and Snowdon,[url=http://www.ugg-boots-sale.org]ugg outlet[/url], a senior former Labor MP says. He could have done more. At least he might have been able to save Snowdon - he could have argued on geographical representation, because Snowdon is from the Northern Territory. Another from the Left who faced the chop from Albanese's group was Kim Carr, the longstanding Victorian Left leader and former minister who was suspected of supporting Shorten in the leadership ballot - despite denying it. In the case of Carr, Albanese's ability to nobble him from NSW may have been limited, but it appears Shorten decided it was politic to support a state colleague who would almost certainly be involved in future faction dealings. One Left faction surprise elevation to Labor's frontbench was Doug Cameron, a former union firebrand from NSW who has been a cr #file_links[D:\keywords12.txt,1,S] itic of Shorten in the past, has often spoken out against the leadership and was never previously considered a frontbench contender. It was Cameron's loyalty to Albanese and past role in supplying the numbers for Albanese when it mattered, say Labor insiders, that made him a definite when Albanese was drawing up his faction list for promotion. On the Right, Don Farrell's retention as a frontbencher is considered odd - even by some of his factional allies. Farrell used his political muscle as leader of the Right faction in South Australia to insist on a spot on Shorten's team despite losing his Senate seat in last month's election and having just seven months of his term still to run. Shorten did not dissuade Farrell from standing, despite his imminent departure - why not? Shorten, for one thing, owes Farrell in factional terms because of support delivered by the South Australian senator during the leadership ballot. It is also possible Shorten is involved in factional talks to find Farrell a replacement spot in the Senate that can extend his political career past June. The most glaring example of Labor's faction fix at work is the rehabilitation of Stephen Conroy, the former Labor communications minister and Senate leader who supported Julia Gillard to the end and retreated to the backbench when she was ousted in late June for Kevin Rudd. When Labor gets around to a serious post-mortem of its election loss, Conroy is likely to figure highly in internal critiques - sharing much of the blame with Gillard - over the bungled handling of such key policies such as the National Broadband Network rollout and media reforms. Conroy did not involve himself in Labor's election campaign - he was overseas for some of it - and he did not figure in the post-election leadership contest. Yet now he has reasserted himself in the top leadership group as deputy Senate leader by displacing fellow Victorian faction member Jacinta Collins from the position. Shorten, it appears, did not use his influence to save Collins - contrary to the way he apparently helped save Carr. After years as a loyal factional soul in Victoria, Co #file_links[D:\keywords14.txt,1,[url=http://www.ugg-boots-sale.org]cheap uggs[/url],S] llins was cast out and told she could try her luck with the faction at a national level. To an outsider, Conroy's rehabilitation may seem unbelievable: only weeks ago he was an unwanted reminder of Gillard's last days and running a bitter internal party war with Shorten, who had thrown his support behind a late change to Rudd as the possible saviour for Labor at the election. A senior Labor insider said yesterday that Conroy was now back in a role that cemented his power in the Victorian ALP potentially to a stronger level than before. Conroy, who commands numbers in the Victorian ALP, was deeply involved in factional discussions in the past week to ensure positions in the Labor line-up for himself and Shorten allies David Feeney, Richard Marles and Mark Dreyfus. He's settled his scores with Shorten and Feeney after they switched to Rudd, and Jacinta Collins had to make way for him. one Labor insider tells The Australian. Conroy's come out stronger because he has retreated from the national role he had to being chief head kicker in Victoria. Before, he shared control of the Victorian Right with Shorten and Feeney. Now he controls it. The traditional Labor factional system dates back decades - and organising tickets for the the party's parliamentary frontbench is a phenomenon that goes back to the Whitlam years. What is different about how the system has operated in recent times is the hard hand at the top from figures such as Shorten and Conroy who delight in opportunities to carve up party power. The system did break down - briefly at least - during the dying months of the Gillard government because factional bosses such as Shorten from the Right and Albanese from the Left chose party survival above factional allegiance in determining which candidate they would support. Shorten, despite others from his own faction, such as Wayne Swan, sticking with Gillard, chose to go with Rudd as Labor's best chance to avoid an election catastrophe on a much wider scale. It got to the point that the factions became marauding bands. If you had three friends, you were a big mover and shaker, says a senior party figure. The faction system broke down - in a similar fashion - when Rudd was first elected leader in November 2007. Again, the factional leaders who switched sides then were motivated by pragmatism: it was all about choosing the best leader to make Labor electorally competitive. Now the Labor Party is back to its default position of rigid factional rule - on steroids. Shorten is expected to want to keep it that way over the next three years, during what could be a very challenging time if Labor's standing does not rise much in opinion polls and he struggles to justify clinging to policies such as the carbon tax. He will need all the factional support he can get if Labor under his leadership wins back seats in 2016 - while falling short of victory - and he wants a second run at the leadership. Some Labor tacticians said yesterday that Rudd should take some responsibility for the party's factional mess. While foisting on the party during the early weeks of his return as prime minister a new democratic system for choosing the leader that gave party members representation, he went the other way on selecting the frontbench. Instead of giving the leader the power to pick the frontbench, as Rudd originally believed was best, he opted to return the power to the caucus - thereby handing power back to the fac #file_links[D:\keywords15.txt,1,S] eless men. On the day Shorten was elected leader, Albanese posted a Facebook message wishing his opponent well. Congratulations Bill Shorten, it read. From today, our party is united. A day later, Albanese could have added a postcript for Bill: Factions rule, OK? MINISTERS have been ordered to seek higher approval for billions of dollars in annual grants, as the Abbott government hunts for savings. THE Coalition will not call a double dissolution election before June 30 if Labor and the Greens block its bid to repeal the carbon tax. A MUSLIM school in Sydney's southwest has been accused of serious financial mismanagement. BOB Carr will resign from the Senate, with the NSW Labor Right expected to nominate one of its defeated MPs as his replacement. QUEENSLAND judges will be overridden if they release from jail a sex offender the Newman government deems to be dangerous. CORRUPT former ALP head Michael Williamson has turned against his alleged co-conspirators by promising to help with new lawsuits. TENSIONS between Woodside Petroleum and West Australian Premier Colin Barnett have spilled into the open. LEAKED cabinet documents show Tasmania's government ignored warnings there would be major wildfires. MINISTERS have been ordered to seek higher approval for billions of dollars in annual grants, as the Abbott government hunts for savings. THE Coalition will not call a double dissolution election before June 30 if Labor and the Greens block its bid to repeal the carbon tax. A MUSLIM school in Sydney's southwest has been accused of serious financial mismanagement. BOB Carr will resign from the Senate, with the NSW Labor Right expected to nominate one of its defeated MPs as his replacement. QUEENSLAND judges will be overridden if they release from jail a sex offender the Newman government deems to be dangerous. New CCTV footage released by Parliament Speaker Ken Smith shows more detail of the clash between MP Geoff Shaw and taxi protesters House Republicans look for a way out of fiscal impasse The U.S. Senate suspended its fiscal negotiations, waiting for Republicans in the House of Representatives to hash out a plan they can agree to amongst themselves. Mana Rabiee reports. This week's episode focuses on #file_links[D:\keywords11.txt,1,S] artist Helen Sebidi who against difficult circumstances has maintained a inspirational philosophy on life. PEOPLE who've lost the power of speech can still burst into song, and music can heal the deepest trauma. 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