Socialist Equality Party (Australia) 2010 Election Campaign
Australia: Gillard hails “resilient democracy”
By Patrick O’Connor, September 8, 2010
The prime minister delivered an extraordinary speech yesterday evening which comprised a series of lies on the meaning of the election crisis and its outcome, and overtures towards the Liberal-National opposition.
Australia: Labor forms minority government with rural independents’ support
By Patrick O’Connor, September 7, 2010
The resolution of the first hung parliament in Australia since 1940, 17 days after the August 21 election, marks the culmination of a series of behind closed doors discussions involving the most powerful representatives of the corporate and financial elite.
The Global Economic Breakdown—A Marxist Analysis
Nick Beams to address University of Western Sydney students
September 1, 2010
Socialist Equality Party (Australia) national secretary Nick Beams has been invited by the University of Western Sydney Schools of Law and Economics and Finance to deliver a guest lecture on the global financial crisis.
Australian election crisis
Greens sign deal backing minority Labor government
By Patrick O’Connor, September 1, 2010
After capitalising on widespread hostility to the major parties and their right-wing agendas, and winning a record vote for a minor party in the August 21 election, the Greens are now determined to demonstrate their credentials to the ruling elite as a “responsible” force for “stability”.
Mass breakout at Australian refugee detention centre
By Mike Head, September 1, 2010
The desperate protests in Darwin highlight the barbaric character of the Labor government’s mandatory detention regime, which imprisons refugees and their boat crews, without trial, in violation of elementary legal and democratic rights.
SEP public meetings
The Australian election crisis: The political issues facing the working class
August 31, 2010
The Socialist Equality Party is holding public meetings in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Newcastle to discuss the unprecedented crisis that has resulted from the August 21 federal election and the political issues now confronting the working class.
Australian election crisis
Caretaker PM delivers pitch to independents and financial markets
By Nick Beams, August 31, 2010
Caretaker prime minister Julia Gillard had two objectives in her address to the National Press Club today: to secure the support of independents for a minority Labor government and to reassure the Australian corporate elites.
As Australian election impasse continues
Murdoch media issues threats to independents
By Mike Head, August 28, 2010
The Murdoch press has threatened three independents with political oblivion if they fail to back an Abbott-led minority government.
Australian voters speak out—Part 3
“Why are we still in Afghanistan!”
By our reporters, August 26, 2010
Voters spoke to the WSWS on election day in Australia expressing their alienation from the major parties and their concerns on a range of issues—from the Afghan war to the political coup within the Labor party and the deterioration of living standards.
Australian voters speak out—Part 2
“It’s like the election got hijacked”
By our reporters, August 25, 2010
Voters spoke to the WSWS on election day in Australia expressing their alienation from the major parties and their concerns on a range of issues—from the Afghan war to the political coup within the Labor party and the deterioration of living standards.
Australia: Greens willing to join coalition government with Labor or Liberal
By Patrick O’Connor, August 25, 2010
The Greens are utilising their new power to demonstrate their “responsibility” and commitment to “stable government”. They have already begun closed door discussions with both Prime Minister Julia Gillard and opposition leader Tony Abbott.
Australia: Labor and Liberal vie to form minority government
By Patrick O’Connor, August 24, 2010
Negotiations have begun between the independent and Greens parliamentarians, and Labor Prime Minister Julia Gillard and opposition leader Tony Abbott, for the formation of a minority government.
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