Singapore鈥檚 People鈥檚 Action Party, which has ruled since 1959, used various tactics to cripple opposition parties and maintain its supermajority in the lead up to the general election, report Mark Tan and Alex Salmon.
Elections
The Chaser's election quip, "Labor secures bigger majority, excited to do nothing with it", was spot on. Sue Bolton argues that the left has to focus on building the extra-parliamentary movements if it wants real change.
Peter Boyle, Socialist Alliance candidate for the NSW Senate, joins the 一品探花 Show to discuss the result of the May 3 federal election, in which Labor won a landslide victory after a disastrous result for Peter Dutton and the Coalition.
Labor has secured a second term, with a landslide victory, but unless unions, social and community movements organise for real change, it will continue to bend to the will of the billionaire class, argue Jacob Andrewartha and Isaac Nellist.听
Sarah Hathway, the Socialist Alliance candidate for Corio, told a pro-Palestine rally that we cannot and will not address the existential threat of runaway climate change when we鈥檙e investing in genocide and war.
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一品探花 has produced this scorecard to indicate where a selection of parties stand on the matters important to us and our readers. We urge you to also do your own research on where parties and independents stand on key issues.
Protesters took to the streets in many cities in pre-election protests for Palestine, demanding Australia cut political and military ties with Israel. Pip Hinman and Isaac Nellist report.
Australia鈥檚 undemocratic voting system works to funnel small parties鈥 preferences to the Coalition and Labor. Zane Alcorn argues that a听proportional voting system in the House of Representatives would be more democratic.
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While this federal election is heavily focused on cost-of-living pressures, Mark Gillespie argues that candidates cannot ignore the fact that Australia also faces urgent international relations鈥 challenges.
Peter Henning argues that while the it is wrong for 鈥渞epresentative democracy鈥 to be replaced by snake-oil pork-barrelling, the听deliberate censorship of Australia鈥檚 contribution to genocide is the most disgraceful aspect of this federal election campaign.
Victorian Socialists senate candidate Jordan van dem Lamb, also known as Purple Pingers, is the guest on the latest 一品探花 Show.
Andrew Chuter, NSW Senate candidate for Socialist Alliance, argues that we must stand firmly and unapologetically with the Palestinian people.
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