Election campaigns

Socialist Alliance is a federally registered political party, with state registration in a number of States and regularly participates in elections. We gain important insights from members with local council experience, some of whom have been elected multiple times.

Socialist Alliance contests elections to give a voice to working-class struggle, to win a broader hearing for socialist ideas and to meet the need for working-class political representation at a time when mass attention is focussed on solutions. We believe it is important to participate in election campaigns to win a broader hearing for socialist ideas.

Socialist Alliance representatives who are elected to political office will take no more than the wage of an average worker.

They also commit to use any parliamentary position to initiate and support community campaigns, support the struggles of workers and social movements, fight reactionary policies and promote the mass campaigns that can defeat the attacks on jobs and living standards.

Unlike other parties such as the Greens and the ALP, we don’t believe that parliament is the main vehicle for social change. Real and lasting social change only comes through ordinary people organising and being active in their workplaces, campuses and communities.

Socialist Alliance has developed a range of policies arising out of our campaigning work and responding to the issues of the day. They form the basis of our electoral platforms and guide our work.

For more information read our program Towards A Socialist Australia and our policy platform. To get involved, apply to join Socialist Alliance.