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 [...]

Regular column of Socialist Party Councillor in Yarra, Stephen Jolly
Originally published in the June edition of ‘The Socialist’
Last month the draft Yarra Council budget was released. It was supported by the ALP, Greens and two right-wing Independents on Council. The Socialist Party will oppose this budget as we have done against all the Green/ALP-supported [...]

Planning will be a major political issue in the upcoming Victorian State election, especially in inner city Melbourne.
The State Government wants to house an extra one million people in Melbourne by 2030. The current population is 4 million. However unlike the early days of capitalism, where there was some state controlled planning, today it is [...]

There is growing disappointment with the policies of the Labor Party (ALP) from ordinary people. This has led to a growth in electoral support for the Green Party, especially in inner city suburbs in Australia.
The Greens are perceived by many to be to the Left of the ALP and indeed are on some policy issues [...]

SP Newsletter No.297
Just before Christmas there were important developments on the Atherton Gardens public housing estate in Fitzroy (Melbourne). The estate is made up of four 20-storey towers and several two storey ‘walk-up’ blocks. Officially there are 2500 residents, but the true figure is probably closer to 4000.
Residents have been complaining for years about inferior [...]

For more than 25 years the Tote Hotel in Collingwood has been at the centre of Melbourne’s live music scene. The venue has helped launch some of Australia’s best known bands and played host to a long list of international acts. The pictures and posters that adorn the walls of the bar and band room [...]

SP Newsletter No.288
The October Yarra Council meeting was the best attended and most dramatic for years. The vast bulk of the residents who turned up were there to discuss the proposed local law to ban public drinking in Yarra.

Despite rates in the City of Yarra being among the highest in Victoria we have very little in the way of indoor sports facilities.
By Socialist Party Councillor in Yarra, Stephen Jolly

The Socialist Party has launched an exciting new campaign to turn the Fitzroy Town Hall into a centre for the arts, music and culture in the City of Yarra (Melbourne).
By Stephen Jolly, Socialist Party Councillor City of Yarra

Yarra Council voted 6-1 on Tuesday night to put out a draft budget for public consideration. Socialist Party Councillor Stephen Jolly was the sole voice of opposition to the 3 Greens and 3 Labor Councillors present. Both the Independent Councillors were absent.
By Socialist Party reporters