Secret cabinet minutes from 1989 can now be released,30 years after Wayne Goss took power.
Australia's former deputy prime minister Wayne Swan has been appointed to a government-owned energy company board.
The federal Labor MP talks about Labor's loss at the last election,his faith and balancing his work and home life.
Australia slips down global economic rankings as policy makers look for ways to get the country,and wages,growing faster.
The Labor Party national president says the two companies spread"inaccurate"right-wing messaging that was an"existential threat to good democratic practice".
Labor's national president said he fears Democrats will lock themselves into an overly ambitious policy agenda - just as Bill Shorten did at the May election.
Former deputy prime minister Wayne Swan's seat of Lilley was going down to the wire,with Labor ahead in the count.
There were toasts aplenty marking the end of an era,the departure of former Labor treasurer Wayne Swan.
Wayne Swan pre-promoted his valedictory speech as “the end of an era” which,while not exactly modest,was correct.
Wayne Swan has been elected as Labor's national president by combining his Right faction backing with an anti-poverty message attractive to the Left.
After a strong show of support from regular Labor members,former treasurer Wayne Swan is set to defeat incumbent Mark Butler.