TRENT HAWKINS FOR WILLS WHAT IS SOCIALIST ALLIANCE?

PEOPLE
& PLANET
“I’m a qualified mechanical engineer, The Socialist Alliance is an anti-capitalist, activist party. We
working in the renewable energy sec- stand candidates in elections at every level of government,
tor. Since 2006, I have been active in but unlike other parties we don’t see parliament as the main
the climate action movement, includ- vehicle for social change. Election campaigns for us are part
ing the campaign to shut down Ha- of our year-round work campaigning in workplaces and
zelwood power station and for the

BEFORE PROFITS
communities.
government to commit to 100% re- We help to build movements capable of bringing about the
newable energy by 2020. change we need: change that benefits ordinary people and

TRENT HAWKINS
“I am also active in campaigns for the rights of indigenous the environment, and that can lead to a democratic, socialist
people and refugees and in the anti-war movement. My other society, run by and for working people.
area of major interest is building solidarity with the revolu- We’re committed to helping build a political alternative
tionary movements of Latin America.”
In the lower house in Victoria we are also standing Ben
that puts people and planet before profit. Our future depends
on it.
FOR WILLS
Courtice in the seat of Gellibrand and Sue Bull in the
seat of Corio.
Socialist Alliance politicians pledge to
only take the wage of an average worker
The Socialist Alliance candidates for the coming federal elec-
OUR VICTORIAN SENATE CANDIDATES tion are not professional politicians. They are socialist activists
Margarita Windisch has been a socialist ac- who fight for justice, democracy, peace and environmental sus-
tivist since 1990s and has lived in Melbourne’s tainability. If elected they would take only an average worker’s
west for the last 10 years. She is a social worker wage, donating the balance to struggles for a better society.
and community welfare teacher in Footscray.

Sharon Firebrace is a Yorta Yorta woman, in-

volved in campaigns for indigenous rights since
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Union delegate in the petrochemical industry,

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FOR THE MILLIONS NOT THE MILLIONAIRES
POLITICS TODAY is marked by growing disillusionment with This makes government claims that they “can’t afford” to from 62.7% to 54%. In today’s dollars,
the politicians who were elected on the slogan of ‘change’ but arrest climate change or provide free universal health care $2.2 trillion dollars has been shifted to
have delivered no real change. ring hollow. profits!
Scientists warn that time is running out to shift away from The 11 Australians who made the Forbes 1000 world’s richest What’s the solution?
the carbon dependency that a profits first system relies on. list for 2010 have a total net wealth of $25.7 billion—more than We have to organise in
Society has the knowledge the tools and the wealth to live in the net wealth of the country’s 800,000 poorest households. workplaces and com-
an ecologically sustainable and socially just and equitable way. BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto pay just 13% tax, while most munities and build a
We’ve just witnessed the biggest public bailout of the capi- workers pay 30% or more in effective tax rate. political alternative to
talist system in history! Trillions of public money has been Profit share of total income in Australia has increased from fight for the change
shelled out to bail out banks and bankrupt governments. 16.9% to 27.7% since 1974-75 while wage share has decreased we need.

WHAT SOCIALIST ALLIANCE STANDS FOR

n Climate change Bring the energy sector back into pub- n Housing Cap rent and mortgage repayments at 20% of n Democratic rights Scrap ‘anti-terror’ laws. Adopt a
lic hands. Immediate and large-scale public investment income and introduce rent control laws. Massively boost Bill of Rights. Marriage rights for same-sex couples. Full
to ensure 100% renewable energy by 2020, as is demon- public housing stock and social housing programs. rights for trans and intersex people
strated in the Beyond Zero Emissions Zero Carbon Plan. n Health Boost funding for preventative health care, men- n Women’s rights Introduce genuine pay equity. Remove
Nuclear power is not the answer. tal health and public hospitals. Expand community-based abortion from the criminal code. Strengthen laws against
n Refugees and migrants Honour Australia’s UN refugee healthcare networks. Provide free dental care. End subsi- sexual harassment. Increase childcare places at affordable
convention obligations. End deportations and mandatory dies to private insurers. Expand disability services. or free cost to parents. Introduce 12 months’ parental
detention. Close the detention centres, including the ones n Public transport Public works program to build and leave scheme, to be paid for by a levy on employers.
at Christmas Island, Maribyrnong and Broadmeadows. massively expand public transport and rail freight infra- n Youth rights Increase the youth allowance. End youth
Increase the refugee intake. Let asylum seekers into Aus- structure. Build high-speed intercity rail. Make public wages. Boost funding to youth services. Make tertiary
tralia and process claims here – not in the Pacific, Indo- transport free and frequent. education free. The right to vote. The right to vote at 16.
nesia or East Timor. Stop using new migrants as a money n Poverty and unemployment Lift all welfare payments n Public ownership Stop privatising government services.
making venture. Give migrant workers on temporary vi- above the poverty line. Increase the minimum wage. Take back into public ownership those that have already
sas (TPVs) the full rights of permanent residents. Make goods more affordable by scrapping the GST. Cre- been privatised.
n Indigenous rights Negotiate a Treaty with Indigenous ate jobs through expanding social infrastructure. Increase
people. Repeal the Northern Territory Intervention laws; support for carers. And how would we pay for this?
abolish welfare quarantining. Compensate for stolen wag- n Anti-war Bring troops back from Afghanistan. End mili- We would: return the company tax rate to 49%; cut public
es, property theft and stolen children. tary commitment to Iraq. Isolate apartheid Israel. Pay subsidies to private education and private health; cut subsi-
n Workers’ rights Recognise the right to strike and other reparations to Iraq and Afghanistan to assist with rebuild- dies to the mining industry; slash the defence budget; fund
workers’ rights in law. Abolish the ABCC that treats build- ing. renewable energy by taxing the corporate polluters and
ing workers worse than violent criminals. Abolish billionaires; abolish negative gearing; tackle tax
all other Howard-era anti-union laws. Introduce Details of policy at www.socialist-alliance.org or & 9639 8622 evasion by corporate rich; end privatisation and
industrial manslaughter laws. public-private partnerships.