Time to nationalise the banks and invest in public housing!
Thousands of people face losing their homes in Australia, with more than a million households living in ‘housing stress’. This combined with the worst-ever house affordability figures and soaring rents points towards a serious housing crisis in Australia.
Editorial from the May edition of The Socialist newspaper (more…)

The fight against electricity privatisation in NSW is the biggest battle taking place at the moment in that state. Since this article was written Premier Morris Iemma has pledged to ignore the decision of his own party’s conference and press ahead with the privatisation plan. The pressure is now on Unions NSW to respond with an industrial campaign.
By Gary Duffy, Socialist Party Sydney (more…)

SP Newsletter No.213
The Victorian Labor government is continuing with its campaign to further criminalise protest activity. Last month ten people who participated in the protests against the Melbourne G20 summit in November 2006 were sentenced in the Magistrates Court. (more…)

After the recent strike at the Boeing plant in Port Melbourne, the Australian Workplace Ombudsman has issued Union Solidarity Coordinator Dave Kerin with a “Notice to produce documents”. If he fails to provide this information Dave could face up to six months in jail. (more…)

On Friday May 2 activists targeted BHP Billiton’s headquarters in the Melbourne CDB. They were there to highlight the fact that it is big business companies like BHP who are to blame for the problems of global warming. More actions have been planned for the future with the next one being at 4pm on Friday May 30 at 180 Lonsdale Street Melbourne. See a short video of the action below. (more…)

The Sydney May Day rally got off to a good start with a large crowd gathering even before the official start time of 9.30am. It is estimated that almost 2000 people took part in the rally outside the venue of the New South Wales Labor Party conference on Saturday May 3.
By SP reporters Sydney & Melbourne (more…)

SP Newsletter No.212
Protest against the climate criminals! Meet at BHP Billiton HQ at 4pm this Friday May 2nd, 180 Lonsdale St City. Say NO to big business destroying the planet for profit. For more information contact 0396399111. (more…)

This pamphlet was originally written in 2002 by Stephen Jolly. It has been out of print for a few years but it is now available on line and in a reissued hard copy from our National Office for only $3. It is dedicated to the hundreds of people locked up in Australia’s privately-run detention centres. (more…)

Dear Solidarity comrades,
During last years federal election campaign the Socialist Party challenged the Australian section of the International Socialist Tendency (IST), then called the International Socialist Organisation (ISO), to a debate around the topic of ‘How should socialists relate to the Greens?’ (more…)

A mass meeting of workers, outside the Port Melbourne Boeing plant, voted to go back to work today after nearly three weeks on strike. As reported previously, Boeing management had provoked this dispute after the unfair dismissal of a worker.
By Socialist Party reporters Melbourne (more…)