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An unprecedented life ban on membership of the Labor Party will be sought against some of its most notorious figures, including Eddie Obeid, Ian Macdonald and Joe Tripodi, to ensure they can never rejoin.

Expelled from the Labor Party last year: Eddie Obeid. Credit:Rob Homer

A motion recommending that seven former ALP members be prevented from readmission will be put to the NSW Labor conference next weekend by assistant general secretary John Graham, who says it will show the party "is taking these issues seriously".

"We want a small manila folder with a large stamp on the front – never to be readmitted," Mr Graham said.