awwwww that's cute he thinks he knows where parties stand
mate little thing they invented, its called party factions, miss Gillard is from the extreme left aka socialist faction
Actually she is not. She is from the centre faction of the ALP (as in centre of the ALP, not centre of the political spectrum) known as the "Ferguson left" or the Soft left faction due to its being founded chiefly Jack Ferguson and his three sons Martin, Andrew and Laurie. It is a smaller, (albeit only slightly) newer faction than the older more powerful socialist left faction whose most prominent members are people like Tanner, Plibersek and Macklin.
It is the socialist left faction that likes things sensible, egalitarian policies like taxing mining companies and carbon polluters. The Ferguson left is all about the "Aussie battler", very union oriented and very unconcerned with the bigger picture. If a policy means losing jobs for their members they are against it. They are also very nationalist and imo, white australia oriented. It really formed out of the Whitlam era when Barnard, Whitlam and Cairns starting pushing the worldly, intellectual, multicultural stuff and the grumpy old community union folk wanted to take back some power in the caucas. Recall the socialist left (with a few stupid exceptions) opposed Gillard (and to a lesser extent) Latham's leadership bids.