Author Archives: Ben Aveling

How to make Faulkner’s vision happen.

John Faulkner’s Revesby Speech contains a number of statements that lend themselves to being turned into motions, either rules change or policy changes: Policy changes: all political parties’ eligibility for public funding to be contingent on that party’s rules and … Continue reading

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Senator John Faulkner: Public Pessimism, Political Complacency: Restoring Trust, Reforming Labor

The inaugural address of The Light on the Hill Society – sponsored by Revesby Workers Club Senator John Faulkner: Public Pessimism, Political Complacency: Restoring Trust, Reforming Labor. I have always believed that politics is worthwhile. This is not, nowadays, a … Continue reading

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John Faulkner to speak on Reforming Labor.

John Faulkner will be speaking on reforming Labor. Tuesday 7 October 2014 Revesby Workers’ Club Auditorium, 2b Brett Street, Revesby RSVP: Daryl Melham: darylm@rwc.org.au by 3/10/14. Please pass this on to any supporters of the cause of Labor reform who … Continue reading

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West Australia 2014 State Conference Report

A report from a humble member to the non-aligned Mt Lawley branch and a branch delegate to the recent WA state conference. WA State Conference last month was a success, with the leader of the State Parliamentary Labor Party (SPLP) … Continue reading

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NSW ALP 2014 State Conference Report

The NSW ALP 2014 State Conference was a small step forward for reform, both in what was achieved, and in what was almost achieved. The Conference delivered direct election of the State Parliamentary Leader and a formal requirement for parliamentarians … Continue reading

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Jim Bright’s speech to Conference

The following speech was delivered by Jim Bright, South Coast Delegate and candidate for the Administrative Committee, in support of the OurALP proposal that the motion from the Alexandria Branch that “union delegates to Conference should be directly elected by trade … Continue reading

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OurALP has won a place on Rules.

We won one place on the Rules Committee, for Ben Aveling. On the figures we have, we came within 6 votes of getting a place on the Administrative Committee for Jim Bright.

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Ballot papers

As I write, voting continues. We will tell you the final result when we have it. On their ballot papers, the Right put us last for both Admin and for Rules. The Left put us last for Admin, but put … Continue reading

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Admin Committee Candidate Bios – Unofficial

At time of writing, the only official candidate bio’s we are aware of are our own. We’ve done a quick web search, to give you an very brief idea of who all of candidates are, who they’ve worked for, what … Continue reading

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Vote for Reform

Vote for Reform Administrative Committee 2 Ross Smith Pam Ward 1 Jim Bright Prue Car Jess Malnersic Simmone Pengelly Kate Washington Kirsten Andrews Michael Forshaw Sue West Anthony D’Adam 3 Ben Aveling Monika Wheeler Johno Johnson Karen McKeown Luke Whitington … Continue reading

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