Labor frontbencher Clare O’Neil will challenge her colleagues to move beyond election postmortems centred on whether the ALP needs to shift to the right or left, arguing more resonant fault lines are emerging at the ballot box.
Ms O'Neil said Labor needs to rethink its economic program, consider how it engages with voters on cultural issues, and recalibrate how it campaigns to change minds rather than confirm pre-existing biases.
“I see a faultline between winners and losers in a digital economy which provides vastly more economic rewards to people who live in our cities. I see a faultline dividing Australians who want the community to look more like it did in the past, and those who love and value change," Ms O'Neill said.
O'Neil will present her speech later today as the second major address under Anthony Albanese’s leadership.