Paul Erickson
Paul Erickson is the national secretary of the federal Australian Labor Party. Erickson is a member of Labor Left.
Political career
Erickson worked for the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) in research and data. In 2014, he took up the position as assistant national secretary of the Australian Labor Party. Following the resignation of Noah Carroll in 2019, Erickson was appointed acting national secretary and was appointed to the role permanently on 16 August 2019. Erickson is a member of the left faction. He was an adviser to state Labor ministers Peter Batchelor, Richard Wynne, and Carmel Tebbutt.
LEAN
In 2022 ALP National Secretary Paul Erickson and Senator Karen Grogan (Chair Senate Environment and Comms Committee) participated in the Labor Environment Action Network national summit.[1]
Felicity Wade Labor Environment Action Network (LEAN).
- And that's a wrap on LEAN National Planning Conference. 50 LEAN leaders spent the weekend thinking about how we effectively support ambitious climate and environment action, grounded in Labor values that take all Australians with us. (The pic includes ALP National Sec, Paul Erickson, who generously turned up and discussed the electoral dynamics of our issues.)[2]
Supporting Ged Kearney
- I want to congratulate Ged Kearney, today affirmed into this place as the new member for Batman. It has been my great pleasure to be campaigning alongside her for the past several weeks, and I look forward to having a chance to work with her in this place not only on issues that are of concern to the electorates we both represent in the northern suburbs of Melbourne but also on matters of national concern. I am sure that she will make a great impact on national life in this place.
- I want to also talk about the wonderful campaign that Ged ran, so ably led by Labor's assistant national secretary, Paul Erickson. We built a campaign in Batman that brought so many people together in just cause, in a campaign which showed off all our candidate's qualities and also her capacity, and I think this capacity to effect real change is what pulled so many people into the campaign and what persuaded the electors of Batman to put their faith in Ged Kearney and Labor. And that is what's so important about the result in Batman the other day. It isn't just about electing a fantastic local MP; it is a big step towards changing the country, and Ged Kearney will be a major agent of effecting that change towards a more equal and more sustainable Australia.[3]
Socialist Left
In 2010 Paul Erickson was convener of the Socialist Left in Melbourne.[4]
Student activism
Erickson grew up in the state of Victoria. He holds a bachelor's degree in arts and economics. It was there he became involved in student politics, and was elected President of the Melbourne University ALP Club in 2003.