Australian Labor Party prepares for war and social unrest The most notable feature of this week’s two-day online Labor Party “Special Platform Conference” was the frequency of the references to crisis and war. With the current Liberal-National Coalition government visibly unravelling, the event amounted to a rather anxious pitch to the corporate elite by the Labor leaders and their trade union partners presenting themselves as uniquely qualified to prosecute its agenda in the face of unprecedented geo-strategic and social tensions. Anthony Albanese addresses ALP conference (Source: YouTube) In his opening speech, party leader Anthony Albanese claimed the mantle of the Labor governments of prime ministers Curtin and Chifley from 1941 to 1949. “In Australia’s moment of greatest crisis at the height of the Second World War, John Curtin, led the nation out of military danger then Ben Chifley led into reconstruction,” Albanese declared. “Their motto—victory in war and victory in peace.”