State Executive
State Chairman
Chairs the state executive and speaks for the party in the state.
Leadership and structure
Who holds which office, and what each one answers for.
A party structure is only useful if people can see it. This page states every office, its responsibility and how it connects to the ward where a member actually lives.
State executive
The state working committee
Names and photographs are published once the party confirms them in writing. The offices and their responsibilities are set out below in full.
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State Secretary
Keeps the record, convenes meetings and issues formal notices.
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State Organising Secretary
Ward and local government structures, membership and mobilisation.
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State Publicity Secretary
Party communication, press relations and public statements.
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State Treasurer
Party finance, with accounts prepared for audit.
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State Woman Leader
Women's structures, participation and the reserved windows in every fund.
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State Youth Leader
Youth structures, participation and the route into candidacy.
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State Legal Adviser
Compliance with electoral law and party constitution.
Party structure
From the ward upward
The party is built from the ward, not from the capital. A ward executive is the level at which most members will ever encounter the party, and it is the level at which most parties are weakest.
Every ward has a named executive. Every local government has a working committee drawn from its wards. The state executive is drawn from the local governments. Decisions flow downward with a record, and issues flow upward with a name attached, which is what makes the structure something other than an organisational chart on a wall.
- Level oneWard executiveThe level closest to members. Meets monthly, logs what is raised, sends it upward with a name and a date.
- Level twoLocal government working committeeDrawn from the ward executives. Coordinates across wards and answers for coverage.
- Level threeState working committeeThe state executive. Sets direction, approves candidates and answers to the national structure.
- AlongsideCampaign councilRuns the campaign for the cycle, working through the party structure rather than around it.
Campaign council
Who runs the campaign
| Function | Answers for | Reports |
|---|---|---|
| Director General | The campaign as a whole, and every decision that cannot be delegated | Weekly to the state executive |
| Operations | The weekly rhythm, the production list and whether the machine actually runs | Weekly operations note |
| Communication | The message, the media desk, rapid response and everything published | Weekly quality note |
| Grassroots | Ward coverage, coordinators, logging and the return path from the doorstep | Weekly ward returns |
| Research | What is actually true, reported without softening | Monday evidence brief |
| Administration | Finance, procurement, welfare and paying people on time | Monthly |
Every candidate, every seat
Thirty-nine digital offices, each with the full manifesto for that office and the routes to take part in that constituency.