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How the ALP is rebuilding bridges with faith groups

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How will the ALP rebuild relations with faith communities?(Stock photo/Getty Imgaes)

Most of the news about the Labor Party this week has focused on an internal war over coal mining and climate change.

But on another difficult front, the ALP has been quietly rebuilding bridges with a group that – at least reportedly – drifted away at the 2019 federal election.

Labor’s been meeting faith leaders - the result is a broader accommodation of religion in its draft platform.

Senator Deborah O’Neill, co-chair of the platform review, has been leading the effort.

Presenter: Andrew West
Producer: Muditha Dias
Sound Engineer: Que Nguyen
Editor: Joe Gelonesi

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Government and Politics, Religion, Community and Society
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