SP Newsletter No.326
The August 21 Federal election has confirmed the inability of either Labor or the Coalition to convince a majority of Australian voters to support their right-wing policies. Neither party emerged with a clear mandate to govern.
Labor’s vote clearly suffered due to their inaction on climate change, scapegoating of refugees and support for [...]

SP Newsletter No.325
The Australian Federal election held on August 21 delivered a hung parliament – the first in 70 years. Neither the Labor Party led by Julia Gillard nor the Coalition led by Tony Abbott won the 76 seats required to form a government. The result is both a reflection of the lack of enthusiasm [...]

SP Newsletter No.324
Since taking over as PM from Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard has back tracked on a number of Labor policies. One such reversal has been the rejection of Rudd’s ‘Big Australia’ policy, which was intended to allow the nations population to grow to 35 million by 2050. Gillard stands for “not a big Australia, [...]

I developed an interest in politics and in social and environmental justice while at school. I think socialism has a unique way of making sense of the world. It doesn’t ignore the class divide in society, exposing the real distribution of wealth, oppression of capitalism and the power of the unity of all working people [...]

SP Newsletter No.323
Several months ago the Socialist Party began a campaign to get Yarra City Council to stock books and magazines of interest to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) community in its libraries.
Often the local library is the only safe space for young people who are coming out. At school and even [...]

SP Newsletter No.322
On June 24th Australia inherited its first ever female Prime Minister, Julia Gillard. Some have hailed this as a great achievement in the struggle for women’s rights, regardless of the fact that Australian voters had no participation in the event.
While her ascension can be attributed to male factional leaders within the Labor Party, [...]

SP Newsletter No.321
For Australian voters the upcoming Federal election will be a choice between who will carry out the least severe cuts to jobs and services. While the massive stimulus packages helped keep Australia out of a technical recession, the cost has been the racking up of a huge debt. Both Labor and the Liberals [...]

The Melbourne Branch of the Socialist Party will host a public meeting on the politics of the Black Panther Party for Self Defence. The details are: 7pm Wednesday July 28 @ Trades Hall, corner of Lygon & Victoria Streets Carlton South.
SP member Anthony Main will kick off the discussion and look at the history [...]

SP Newsletter No.320
The Socialist Party has been hosting a large number of public meetings throughout the municipality of Yarra in Melbourne over the past few months. The aim is to mobilise people to win reforms on concrete issues of concern to them and in the process win greater support for socialist ideas and methods.
Yarra has [...]

SP Newsletter No.319
The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) has revived their anti-WorkChoices campaign in the lead up to the next federal election. The ACTU is asserting Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has “shamelessly vowed to resurrect the core elements of WorkChoices, the policy that was so resoundingly rejected by Australian voters less than three years [...]