Housing Policy Summit
This Saturday the 23rd of July Newtown SEC is Hosting a Housing Policy Summit
Join branch members, policy experts, public housing residents, and the Shadow Housing Minister to discuss the future of public housing in Sydney. https://linktr.ee/newtownlabor
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July 18, 2022
Westmead Branch Event: Jack Ferguson Memorial Lecture
Westmead Branch Secretary, Prabir Maitra, invites you to 'Healing after COVID: reuniting a divided city'
Ed Husic MP will deliver this years’ lecture on Saturday 6 November 2021. The Shadow Minister for Industry and Innovation and Federal Member for Chifley will discuss his perspective on 'Labor's plans to build back better in a post-pandemic world.
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October 08, 2021
The Labour Movement & Climate Change: A Worker-Led Recovery
We cannot allow fossil-fuel corporations to hijack action against climate change
Bringing people along with Labor’s climate change policies requires local strategies that give workers a real say over the future of their jobs and communities. We cannot afford to repeat the failures of ‘top-down’ solutions which ignore the specific desires of workers on the ground. A ‘one size fits all’ approach only allows fossil-fuel billionaires to divide working class communities along geographic and industrial lines. The task for Labor is to develop a way of harmonising systemic climate policies with local decision making.
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October 08, 2021
CLPD Branch Survey Results
Rank-and-file survey highlights a perception amongst branch members that NSW Labor is failing on multiple fronts.
A survey initiated by the Campaign for Labor Party Democracy (CLPD) has confirmed that branch members are deeply concerned by Head Office's management of NSW Labor. 145 party members from dozens of branches responded to the survey between July and October 2021. Branch members are dissatisfied with the party's lack of internal democracy, education & training strategy, the accountability of elected party officials, and the party's relationship with women members.
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October 08, 2021
'Nordic Edge: Policy Possibilities for Australia' - A Review
Nordic Edge is a fascinating tour of the political possibilities that await Australia if we are prepared to look further afield for inspiration.
Labor Member of the Legislative Council, Anthony D'Adam, on what Australia can learn from the success of Nordic social democracy. This investigation yields a refreshing alternative to the neoliberal policies which have come to define Australia, The United Kingdom, and The Unites States. Scandinavian Parliaments have shown that it is possible to build ecologically and socially conscious societies without sacrificing economic prosperity.
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October 08, 2021