The Australian Labor Party (ALP, also Labor, was Labour before 1912) is a political party in Australia. The party has been in opposition at the federal level since the 2013 election. Bill Shorten has been the party's federal parliamentary leader since 13 October 2013. The party is a federal party with branches in each state and territory. Labor is in government in the states of Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia, and in both the Australian Capital Territory and Northern Territory. The party competes against the Liberal/National Coalition for political office at the federal and state (and sometimes local) levels. 

Labor's constitution has long stated: "The Australian Labor Party is a democratic socialist party and has the objective of the democratic socialisation of industry, production, distribution and exchange, to the extent necessary to eliminate exploitation and other anti-social features in these fields". This "socialist objective" was introduced in 1921, but was later qualified by two further objectives: "maintenance of and support for a competitive non-monopolistic private sector" and "the right to own private property". Labor governments have not attempted the "democratic socialisation" of any industry since the 1940s, when the Chifley government failed to nationalise the private banks, and in fact have privatised several industries such as aviation and banking. Labor's current National Platform describes the party as "a modern social democratic party", "the party of opportunity and security for working people" and "a party of active government". QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. What occurred in 1921?
2. What took place in 1921?
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Q2:
1. What does the ALP stand for?
2. What does ALP mean?
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Q3:
1. Since what period has the ALP been in opposition of at the federal level?
2. Since what year has the ALP been in opposition of at the federal level?
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Q4:
1. In which areas does the party have branches?
2. In what places does the party have branches?
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Q5:
1. In what states is the ALP in government?
2. In what localities is the ALP present?
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Q6:
1. What does Bill Shorten do?
2. What is Bill Shorten’s role in the party?
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Q7:
1. When did Bill Shorten become leader of the party?
2. In what year did Bill Shorten become leader of the party?
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Q8:
1. What government didn’t manage to nationalize private banks?
2. Who failed to nationalize the private banks?
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Q9:
1. How is the ALP described by the current National Platform?
2. How is the ALP perceived by the current National Platform?
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Q10:
1. In what other manner is the ALP perceived?
2. In what other way is the ALP described?
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Q11:
1. What haven’t governments tried since the 1940’s?
2. What hasn’t been attempted by the governments since the 1940’s?
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Q12:
1. Against whom does the party compete?
2. Who is the ALP opposed to ?
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Q13:
1. What has Labor’s constitution stated for a long time?
2. What was stipulated by the Labor’s constitution for a long time?
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Q14:
1. What was the word’s Labor other writing before 1912?
2. What was the word’s Labor spelling before 1912?
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