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.
2025 federal elections
Australia’s undemocratic voting system works to funnel small parties’ preferences to the Coalition and Labor. Zane Alcorn argues that aÌýproportional voting system in the House of Representatives would be more democratic.
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Victorian Socialists senate candidate Jordan van dem Lamb, also known as Purple Pingers, is the guest on the latest 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Show.
Andrew Chuter, NSW Senate candidate for Socialist Alliance, argues that we must stand firmly and unapologetically with the Palestinian people.
The anti-union Coalition wants to attack workers’ rights and conditions, but Labor’s attack on the Construction Forestry and Maritime Employees Union shows it is no friend to workers, argues Isaac Nellist.
The mainstream media pushes the idea that elections are only about deciding which major party forms government. Tony Smith argues that the government-opposition duopoly is wearing thin and preferential voting helps.