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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.

 

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