The Socialist Alliance is running a ticket in the Legislative Council (upper house), Niko Leka in Newcastle and Rachel Evans in Heffron. Below is the New South Wales Socialist Alliance platform for the March 25 election.
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The cost of living is going through the roof. Nearly everyone is feeling the pinch. Corporations and their wealthy owners increase prices, leading to inflation.
The housing crisis means more and more working people cannot afford to rent or buy a home. Meanwhile, greedy developers are making windfall profits thanks to state planning laws.
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Socialist Alliance calls for rent freeze, end to no-grounds evictions Socialist Alliance calls for a rent freeze As voter dissatisfaction with the major parties rise, is NSW heading for a kaleidoscope election? The system is geared to put profits before people’s needs, and this needs to be reversed.
State subsidies to fossil fuel corporations must end and funding redirected to public health, education, transport and climate action. The overloaded health system, from the “000” call centre and ambulances to emergency departments, hospital wards and allied health, desperately needs more funding and safe staffing.
Public schools are underfunded, with talented teachers leaving because of poor pay, overwork and short-term contracts. Public transport is being run down in favour of privatisation and tollways, which we are locked into paying for.
Extreme heat, cold, storms, floods and fires are reminders of the urgent need to rapidly transition to clean energy. The energy industry must be returned to public ownership, to make the transition to 100% renewables, without leaving workers behind.
Capitalism creates problems which it cannot solve. To find solutions, we need to organise in our communities and workplaces to challenge the power of the corporations and to redistribute society’s wealth and prioritise urgent social needs.
Electing a socialist to parliament, who will live on a worker’s wage, can help build these progressive campaigns outside parliament.
[Find out here how you can help out. Authorised by Neville Spencer, 22-26 Mountain Street, Ultimo NSW 2007.]
Socialist Alliance: Vote [1] People before profit on March 25
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The Socialist Alliance is running a ticket in the Legislative Council (upper house), Niko Leka in Newcastle and Rachel Evans in Heffron. Below is the New South Wales Socialist Alliance platform for the March 25 election.
• • •
The cost of living is going through the roof. Nearly everyone is feeling the pinch. Corporations and their wealthy owners increase prices, leading to inflation.
The housing crisis means more and more working people cannot afford to rent or buy a home. Meanwhile, greedy developers are making........
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