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| Founded | August 2001 |
| Registered | 5 June 2007[3] |
| Preceded by | Democratic Socialist Perspective[4] |
| Headquarters | Ultimo, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Newspaper | Green Left |
| Youth wing | Young Socialist Alliance |
| Membership (2021) |  1,650[2] |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Left-wing[8][10] |
| Colours | Red |
| Slogan | “For the billions, not the billionaires!” |
| House of Representatives | 0 / 151 |
| Senate | 0 / 76 |
| Merri-bek City Council | 2 / 11 |
| Cairns Regional Council | 1 / 10 |
| Greater Geelong City Council | 1 / 11 |
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Socialist Alliance is a socialist political party and activist organisation in Australia, founded in 2001 as an alliance of various socialist organisations and activists, initiated by the Democratic Socialist Perspective and the International Socialist Organisation.
Engaging in a combination of grassroots activism and electoral politics, as of October 2023[update] Socialist Alliance has four elected officeholders across Australia, all of whom serve on the local government level. They are councillors Sarah Hathway (City of Greater Geelong), Rob Pyne (Cairns Region) and Sue Bolton and Monica Harte (both serving in the City of Merri-bek).[11][12][13][14]
The party is involved with the trade union, environmentalist and student movements in Australia. It takes strong left-wing stances on numerous issues, including refugee rights, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander rights, anti-racism, and public ownership. Socialist Alliance also proposes nationalising the banking, energy and mining sectors. On workers' rights, the party supports raising the minimum wage, implementing wage theft and industrial manslaughter laws, increasing trade union bargaining to industry-wide status and reducing the working week to 30 hours. It opposes the building of new coalmines and any attempts to privatise public services such as Medicare. The party supports expansion of the public healthcare system to cover dental services and the cessation of public funding to private schools.[15] Policies of state branches include support for public housing, public transport, public education and publicly owned utilities, as well as advocating for less militarised and hard-line policing and justice systems.
The party participated within the Victorian Socialists electoral alliance in Victoria, until it withdrew from it in May 2020.[16]
- ^ Passant, John (December 2001). "Australia's New Socialist Alliance". Canadian Dimension. Vol. 35, no. 6.
- ^ a b Andrewartha, Jacob (19 January 2022). "Socialist Alliance 16th conference discusses collective pandemic response". Green Left. No. 1330.
- ^ "Party registration decision: Socialist Alliance". aec.gov.au. Australian Electoral Commission (AEC).
- ^ Evans, Bryan (1 May 2004). "Old endings, new beginnings: Realignment on the socialist left". Canadian Dimension. Archived from the original on 2 November 2021.
- ^ "What is Marxism? | Socialist Alliance".
- ^ "The revolutionary party | Socialist Alliance".
- ^ Lovejoy, Hans (7 May 2019). "Senate candidates for the federal 2019 election". echo.net.au.
- ^ a b Henrique-Gomes, Luke (10 May 2019). "Australian election 2019: how to avoid voting for a terrible micro party in the Senate". Guardian Australia. Guardian Media Group.
- ^ Hennessy, James (11 May 2022). "Your Whirlwind Tour Of The Minor Parties Running At The Federal Election". PEDESTRIAN.TV. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
- ^ Testa, Christopher (28 May 2022). "Socialist Alliance candidate Pat O'Shane reflects on shifting the debate in far north Queensland". ABC News.
- ^ "New Councillor elected to Windermere Ward". City of Greater Geelong. 28 June 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
- ^ "Mayor & Councillors". Cairns Regional Council. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
- ^ "Moreland City Council election results 2020". Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
- ^ "Councillor Monica Harte sworn in as North-West Ward Councillor". Merri-bek City Council. 24 March 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
- ^ "2016 Federal Election Platform | Socialist Alliance". Archived from the original on 24 April 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
- ^ "Socialist Alliance withdraws from Victorian Socialists | Socialist Alliance".
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