Graham Matthews

  • Socialist Alliance Vic registration close

    MELBOURNE — By September 30, 471 Socialist Alliance members had returned letters to the Victorian electoral commission confiming their membership. The commission must receive a further 29 positive responses by October 4

  • 'No justification for new war'

    BY SUE BULL& GRAHAM MATTHEWS MELBOURNE &#151 A public meeting against war on Iraq on September 26 attracted 250 people. The meeting was organised by the Victorian Peace Network. Featured speakers at the meeting were Dr Scott Burchill from Deakin

  • Socialist Alliance approaches Victorian registration

    MELBOURNE &#151 On September 13, the Victorian Electoral Commission sent letters to all 764 Socialist Alliance members in Victoria. The letters ask one simple question &#151 "Are you an Australian citizen 18 years or over and

  • Socialist Alliance applies for registration

    MELBOURNE — The Socialist Alliance lodged its application for registration as a political party with the Victorian Electoral Commission (VEC) on August 29, submitting the details of its 763 Victorian members. Success in the

  • New Victorian Liberal leader threatens unions

    MELBOURNE &#151 On August 20, the Victorian state Liberal Party dumped its parliamentary leader of the last two years, Denis Napthine, and replaced him with former health spokesperson Robert Doyle. The elevation of Doyle

  • Socialist Alliance seeks Victorian registration

    Following successful campaigns to gain electoral registration at the federal level, and in NSW and Tasmania, the Socialist Alliance is now campaigning for electoral registration in Victoria. “To register in

  • Unionists, parties discuss working-class politics

    MELBOURNE — Eighty-five people participated in a trade union seminar sponsored by the Socialist Alliance on May 11. The seminar's highlight was the presentations by union officials and political party representatives on unions

  • M1 Melbourne: 10,000 workers strike for global justice

    MELBOURNE — More than 10,000 people took to the streets of Melbourne on May Day, protesting against attacks on workers' and refugees' rights and in solidarity with the Palestinian people. The protests' success was a step

  • Palestinians mobilise for justice

    MELBOURNE — In a demonstration aimed at "breaking the silence" over Israel's murderous aggression against the Palestinian people, more than 1000 Palestinians and their supporters massed on the steps of Victoria's parliament on

  • RAC-Vic calls for June 2 NDA

    MELBOURNE — At its March 19 meeting the central Melbourne Refugee Action Collective (RAC-Vic) endorsed the idea of a national day of action for refugee rights for Sunday June 2. While not discussing details of the action, RAC

  • Goolengook forest blockade attacked

    MELBOURNE — The Victorian Labor government sent police and environment department staff to dismantle the Goolengook forest blockade in East Gippsland in the early morning on March 5. The blockade has been the longest

  • M1 Melbourne gains support

    MELBOURNE — May 1 is set to become "no-war May Day" after the February 5 meeting of the M1 Alliance. Adopting a call to action, the alliance is planning protests based around three slogans: no war on refugees; no war on the