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Article by Victorian high schooler Jules Arpula

Cool to see that there is an actual growing far-left in Australia too, not just the far right.

>The Victorian state election will be held on Saturday, 28 November. To date, most of the coverage of the election has been focused on the rise of Pauline Hanson’s One Nation. If, as predicted, the party gains a breakthrough vote—perhaps even enough to strong-arm its way into a coalition government with the Liberals—it will be big news. One Nation would likely cement its spot as a genuine third force in mainstream politics and gain further momentum to take it through to the NSW state election in March 2027 and the next federal election, due by May 2028.

>That’s the alternative that Victorian Socialists will provide, and we’ll be doing it on a bigger scale than anything attempted by socialists in Australia for generations. We’re aiming to run candidates in all 88 of Victoria’s lower house seats, and a full suite of candidates in the upper house, ensuring that all Victorians have a chance to vote for a socialist alternative to the major parties and the far right. And between now and the election, we’ll be mobilising thousands of party activists across the state—talking to voters on their doorsteps, delivering letters, putting up yard signs and, come November, handing out how-to-vote cards at polling booths.