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The Australian Labor ___MASK92___ ( ALP , also Labor , was Labour before 1912 ) is a ___MASK75___ in Australia . The party has been in opposition at 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 , South Australia , and in 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 . The Northern ___MASK95___ ( abbreviated as NT ) is a federal Australian ___MASK95___ in the central and central northern regions of Australia . It shares borders with Western Australia to the west ( 129th meridian east ), South Australia to the south ( 26th parallel south ), and Queensland to the east ( 138th meridian east ). To the north , the ___MASK95___ is bordered by the Timor ___MASK36___ , the Arafura ___MASK36___ and the Gulf of Carpentaria . Despite its large area  over , making it the third largest Australian federal division  it is sparsely populated . The Northern ___MASK95___ ' s population of 244 , 000 ( 2016 ) makes it the least populous of Australia ' s eight major states and territories , having fewer than half as many people as Tasmania . The Tasman ___MASK36___ ( Mori : " Te Tai - o - Rehua ") is a marginal ___MASK36___ of the South Pacific Ocean , situated between Australia and New Zealand . It measures about across and about from north to south . The ___MASK36___ was named after the Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman , who was the first recorded European to encounter New Zealand and Tasmania . The British explorer Captain James Cook later extensively navigated the Tasman ___MASK36___ in the 1770s as part of his first voyage of exploration . South Australia ( abbreviated as SA ) is a ___MASK87___ in the southern central part of Australia . It covers some of the most arid parts of the country . With a total land area of , it is the fourth - largest of Australia ' s states and territories . It has a total of ___MASK78___ . 7 million people , and its population is the most highly centralised of any ___MASK87___ in Australia , with more than 75 percent of South Australians living in the capital , Adelaide , or its environs . Other population centres in the ___MASK87___ are relatively small . Lang Labor was the ___MASK44___ for three successive break - away sections of the Australian Labor Party , all led by the New South Wales Labor leader ___MASK79___ Lang , premier of NSW ( 1925  27 , 1930  32 ). Sydney is the ___MASK87___ ___MASK53___ of New South Wales and the most populous ___MASK8___ in Australia and Oceania . Located on Australia ' s east coast , the metropolis surrounds the world ' s largest natural harbour , and sprawls towards the Blue Mountains to the west . Residents of Sydney are known as " Sydneysiders ". Sydney is the second official seat and second official residence of the ___MASK41___ - General of Australia and the Prime Minister of Australia and many federal ministries maintain substantial presences in Sydney . Wales is a ___MASK20___ that is part of the United Kingdom and the ___MASK57___ of Great Britain . It is bordered by ___MASK61___ to the east , the Irish ___MASK36___ to the north and west , and the Bristol Channel to the south . It had a population in 2011 of 3 , 063 , 456 and has a total area of . Wales has over of coastline and is largely mountainous , with its higher peaks in the north and central areas , including Snowdon , its highest summit . The ___MASK20___ lies within the north temperate zone and has a changeable , maritime climate . The Australian ___MASK53___ Territory ( ACT ) ( formerly , " The Territory for the Seat of ___MASK84___ " and , later , the " Federal ___MASK53___ Territory ") is the federal district in the south east of Australia , enclaved within New South Wales . Its only ___MASK8___ is Canberra , the capital ___MASK8___ of Australia . Queensland ( abbreviated as QLD ) is the second - largest and third - most - populous ___MASK87___ in the Commonwealth of Australia . Situated in the north - east of the country , it is bordered by the Northern Territory , South Australia and New South Wales to the west , south - west and south respectively . To the east , Queensland is bordered by the Coral ___MASK36___ and Pacific Ocean . Queensland has a population of 4 , 750 , 500 , concentrated along the coast and particularly in the ___MASK87___ ' s South East . The ___MASK87___ is the world ' s sixth largest sub - national entity , with an area of 1 , 852 , 642 km . The capital and largest city in the ___MASK87___ is Brisbane , Australia ' s third largest city . Often referred to as the " Sunshine State ", Queensland is ___MASK6___ to 10 of Australia ' s 30 largest cities and is the nation ' s third largest economy . Tourism in the ___MASK87___ , fuelled largely by its warm tropical climate , is a major industry . The Australian Labor ___MASK92___ ( NSW ) , commonly known as Lang Labor , was a political group arising from a major breakaway from the Australian Labor ___MASK92___ in New South Wales that operated from 1931 to 1936 , when the ___MASK11___ groups were reconciled . New South Wales ( abbreviated as NSW ) is a ___MASK87___ on the east coast of : Australia . It borders Queensland to the north , Victoria to the south , and South Australia to the west . It has a coast line with the Tasman ___MASK36___ on its east side . The Australian Capital Territory is an enclave within the ___MASK87___ . New South Wales ' ___MASK87___ capital is Sydney , which is also Australia ' s most populous city . , the estimated population of New South Wales was 7 . 5 million , making it Australia ' s most populous ___MASK87___ . Just under two - thirds of the ___MASK87___ ' s population , 4 . 67 million , live in the Greater Sydney area . Inhabitants of New South Wales are referred to as " New South Welshmen ". William Richard " ___MASK43___ " Shorten ( born 12 ___MASK46___ 1967 ) is an Australian politician who is the current Leader of the Opposition in the Parliament of Australia , in his capacity as Leader of the Australian Labor Party , after being elected party leader at the 2013 Labor leadership ballot . Shorten led Labor at the 2016 federal election at which the Liberal / National Coalition retained majority government .