Australian Young Labor

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Australian Young Labor is the youth wing of the Australian Labor Party. All ALP members aged under 27 are automatically members. Young Labor associations (YLA) cover a geographical area, usually analogous with electoral districts, that have a collective group of members. Young Labor has three conferences per year:

Mid-year conference
Country conference
Young Labor Annual General Meeting

Young Labor is most active during state and federal elections as a campaigning tool in marginal seats. The party may organise members to doorknock an electorate or set up a stand in shopping centres to hand out political party notes. Members are often also asked to 'letterbox' party advertising. Generally Young Labor is a valuable campaigning tool to under-resourced candidates that have limited funds.

Each state has its own branch of Young Labor, functioning as a party unit (referred to as New South Wales Young Labor, Victorian Young Labor, etc). Nationally, the branches are federated to the National organisation, which has its own President and executive. The current federal President is Conrad French.

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