Socialist Equality Party (Australia)

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Socialist Equality Party
Workers' Party (1933–1972)
Socialist Labour League (1972–2010)
National SecretaryCheryl Crisp
Assistant SecretaryMax Boddy
Founded2010;15 years ago (2010) [a]
Headquarters Strawberry Hills, New South Wales, Australia
Newspaper World Socialist Web Site
Youth wing IYSSE
Membership (2021)700 (electoral)
Ideology
Political position Far-left
International affiliation ICFI
House of Representatives
0 / 151
Senate
0 / 76
Website
Official website

The Socialist Equality Party (SEP) is an unregistered Trotskyist political party in Australia. The SEP was established in 2010 as the successor party to the Socialist Labour League, which was founded in 1972 as the Australian section of the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI).[ citation needed ]

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According to its 2019 election statement, the party calls for the nationalisation of all major industries and opposes the Me Too movement and trade unions. [2]

As of February 2022, the party is still active, though it was deregistered by the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) due to a lack of members. [3] [4]

Electoral results

In elections, the party's strongest state has historically been New South Wales. Demographically, the party is stronger with younger voters. [5]

In the 2016 federal election the Socialist Equality Party fielded two senate candidates in each of New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria, two candidates in New South Wales for the House of Representatives and one in Victoria for the seat of Wills, which also had a Socialist Alliance candidate. [6]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ As Workers' Party. [1]

References

  1. ↑ "The Historical and International Foundations of the Socialist Equality Party, Part 4". World Socialist Web Site. 3 March 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
  2. ↑ Henriques-Gomes, Luke (10 May 2019). "Australian election 2019: how to avoid voting for a terrible micro party in the Senate". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  3. ↑ "Notice of deregistration Socialist Equality Party" (PDF). aec.gov.au. Australian Electoral Commission (AEC). 23 February 2022.
  4. ↑ "NOTICE OF DECISION ON PARTY REGISTRATION DEREGISTERING A POLITICAL PARTY AND REMOVAL FROM THE REGISTER OF POLITICAL PARTIES SOCIALIST EQUALITY PARTY" (PDF). aec.gov.au. Australian Electoral Commission (AEC).
  5. ↑ "Socialist Equality Party calls for radical change". Reportage Online. 20 August 2010. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
  6. ↑ "Candidates for the 2016 federal election". Australian Electoral Commission. 12 June 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
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