Wayne Swan says combating inequality remains 'Labor’s sacred mission'

ALP president urges party to dispel the ‘myth’ of trickle-down economics and not to blame election defeat on ‘any one person or policy’
• Inequality is growing in Australia. Labor’s mission is to create a fairer society

The ALP president Wayne Swan has declared the party needs to stay the course with economic policy that combats inequality as it regroups after the election defeat, because that agenda remains “Labor’s sacred mission”.

As senior figures position ahead of a campaign review, and ahead of a policy reboot telegraphed by the new leader, Anthony Albanese, putting more emphasis on economic growth and aspiration, Swan argued in a column for Guardian Australia the election on 18 May was not a huge setback.

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