{"id":20131,"date":"2010-09-05T12:42:34","date_gmt":"2010-09-05T02:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=20131"},"modified":"2010-10-05T17:00:16","modified_gmt":"2010-10-05T07:00:16","slug":"stephen-jolly-for-richmond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=20131","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Jolly for Richmond"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul><strong>Update<\/strong> : <a href=\"http:\/\/www.socialistpartyaustralia.org\/council\/index.php?\/archives\/638-Crikey.com-today-on-our-State-election-campaign.html\">Socialist sets up Vic election battle for Richmond<\/a>, Andrew Crook, Crikey.com, October 3, 2010.<\/ul>\n<p>Yeah. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/stephenjolly99\">Stephen Jolly<\/a> of the Socialist Party &#8212; one of only two Socialist councillors in the country &#8212; is gonna be contesting the seat of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Stephen-Jolly-for-Richmond\/106229349410688\">Richmond<\/a> in the Victorian state election (November 27). The official campaign launch is on Saturday, October 2, upstairs @ the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishcrown.com.au\/\">British Crown Hotel<\/a> (14 Smith Street, Collingwood &#8212; opposite <a href=\"http:\/\/www.3cr.org.au\/\">3CR<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Stephen is standing in one of four seats in which Labor faces a serious challenge from the Greens. The seriousness of this threat was reinforced by Adam <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenleft.org.au\/node\/45266\">&#8216;I&#8217;ll give a voice to the movements&#8217;<\/a> Bandt&#8217;s recent victory in the Federal seat of Melbourne. Bandt&#8217;s decision to support the Federal ALP has meant the Victorian branch is Not. Happy. Joolya. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/federal-election\/greens-pact-stirs-labor-anger-20100902-14ro7.html\">Greens pact stirs Labor anger<\/a>, Royce Millar, <em>The Age<\/em>, September 3, 2010). Still:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>While sitting candidates and ministers <a href=\"http:\/\/www.richardwynne.net\/\">Richard Wynne<\/a> (Richmond) and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bronwynpike.com\/\">Bronwyn Pike<\/a> (Melbourne) are known to be squeamish about a full-blown war, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fionarichardson.com.au\/\">Fiona Richardson<\/a> (Northcote) and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.janegarrett.org.au\/\">Jane Garrett<\/a> (Brunswick) are keen to fight and are attracting strong financial support to do so.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Wynne and Garrett are members of the &#8216;Socialist Left&#8217; faction of the ALP, Bronwyn Pike is nominally non-aligned, while Fiona Richardson is &#8216;Labor Unity&#8217; (&#8216;Right&#8217;). Wynne will be confronting <a href=\"http:\/\/vic.greens.org.au\/richmond\">Kathleen Maltzahn<\/a>, Pyke will battle <a href=\"http:\/\/brianwalters.com.au\/\">Brian Walters<\/a>, while Richardson will face off against <a href=\"http:\/\/vic.greens.org.au\/northcote\">Anne Martinelli<\/a> and Garrett <a href=\"http:\/\/vic.greens.org.au\/brunswick\">Cyndi Dawes<\/a>. The ALP currently holds <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vec.vic.gov.au\/Results\/state2006resultMelbourneDistrict.html\">Melbourne<\/a> by a margin of 2.0% (v GRN), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vec.vic.gov.au\/Results\/state2006resultRichmondDistrict.html\">Richmond<\/a> by 3.6% (v GRN), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vec.vic.gov.au\/Results\/state2006resultBrunswickDistrict.html\">Brunswick<\/a> by 3.6% (v GRN) and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vec.vic.gov.au\/Results\/state2006resultNorthcoteDistrict.html\">Northcote<\/a> by 8.5% (v GRN).<\/p>\n<p>The fight for inner-city Melbourne is a tough one for Labor, as appeasing &#8216;progressives&#8217; likely to support the Greens has to be balanced against the need to placate a broader constituency. As in the case of the federal election campaign, and the battle for Melbourne in particular, unions (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/victoria\/state-spending-on-advertising-hits-record-124m-20100904-14vdl.html\">one<\/a> of the sources of the &#8220;strong financial support&#8221;) will be pouring large sums of money into the campaigns to re-elect Labor. Presumably, they&#8217;ll be expecting a much better return on their investment this time around.<\/p>\n<p><em>See also<\/em> : <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/federal-election\/federal-deal-means-nothing-to-victorian-greens-labor-20100901-14nkx.html\">Federal deal means nothing to Victorian Greens, Labor<\/a>, Farrah Tomazin, <em>The Age<\/em>, September 2, 2010 | <a href=\"http:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=18965\">Victoria: the left-leaning state?<\/a> (August 14, 2010) | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.themonthly.com.au\/studio-mark-aarons-hollow-men-nsw-right-2660\">In Studio: Mark Aarons on the hollow men of the NSW Right<\/a>, SlowTV, July 2010 | <a href=\"http:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=14543\">What happened to the Left?<\/a> (February 27, 2010) | <a href=\"http:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=6276\">Melbourne : ALP ~versus~ Greens<\/a> (August 24, 2009) | <a href=\"http:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=4023\">Bump Me Into Parliament<\/a> (July 2, 2009).<\/p>\n<h2>Bonus Joolya!<\/h2>\n<p><object width=\"445\" height=\"364\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Edm-0gawk54?fs=1&amp;hl=en_GB&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;border=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Update : Socialist sets up Vic election battle for Richmond, Andrew Crook, Crikey.com, October 3, 2010. Yeah. 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