Albo accidentally joined Republican Party (5)

I believe the answer is:

labor

'party' is the definition.
(Labor Party, Australian political party)

'albo accidentally joined republican' is the wordplay.
'accidentally' indicates anagramming the letters (a chaotic or accidental ordering of the letters).
'joined' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'republican' becomes 'r' (abbreviation).
'albo' is an anagram of 'labo'.
'labo'+'r'='LABOR'

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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