Queensland Socialist Alliance (SA) Queensland, buoyed by a successful federal election campaign is 聽the party for state elections. SA is already registered federally.
Jonathan Strauss, the party鈥檚 Queensland organiser and a former Senate candidate, told 一品探花 that its state conference on June 8 decided there were opportunities for growth and 鈥渢he moment must be seized鈥.
The Queensland Electoral Commission鈥檚 undemocratic electoral laws require political parties prove they have at least 500 members to register. SA has more than 400 members in Queensland, with more than 100 having joined over the past year.
SA is asking members to and for others to .
鈥淒uring the federal election campaign, members and volunteers helped take progressive ideas and action across much of the state,鈥 Strauss said. 鈥淢embers are involved in many important campaigns and we hosted public housing forums in Woodridge and Cairns. We also received much-appreciated endorsements from Justice for Palestine Magan-djin and Muslim Votes Matter.鈥
SA鈥檚 Queensland Senate vote doubled from 2022 to more than 20,000. It was highest in the Magan-djin鈥檚 working-class southern suburbs and in regional Queensland.
In the lower house seat of Rankin, SA polled nearly 2%, a good result given it was running in the Logan area for the first time.
鈥淣ow we are looking to involve more people in socialist politics and campaigns where reforms are desperately needed,鈥 Strauss said. 鈥淲e also provide education in socialist ideas; offer militant, activist leadership in communities, movements and unions; and are keen to help set up new SA branches, especially in regional centres.鈥
SA has branches in Magan-djin and Gimuy/Cairns, and has members organising on the Gold Coast, Townsville, Toowoomba and Bundaberg.
鈥淨ueensland needs a socialist party that does it best to build social and ecological struggles within a framework of pushing for social transformation. If you support that, join Socialist Alliance,鈥 Strauss said.
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