Victorian Socialists

Victorian Socialists has announced candidates in all 88 Legislative Assembly districts and 8 Legislative council regions - the first time in the history of Victoria that a socialist party has contested every seat in both houses of the state parliament.

Thanks to the 150 legends who turned out on Sat for our campaign launch in Footscray. Ft. VS candidates Jasmine Duff (Footscray) & Anneke Demanuele (Western metro) + Aboriginal activist & historian Gary Foley and Rathy Barthlote from Refugee Women Action for Visa Equality. ✊ ❤️

It was wonderful to see so many new faces getting on board with our campaign in Melbourne's west. With a month to go until pre-polling opens on Wednesday 18th November, we're on track for another breakthrough result in this area.

Thanks to the 100 people who turned out last night to the Kingsbury bowls club for the official launch of our state election campaign in the seats of Thomastown and Preston.

We're getting a lot of support in these areas, with many new volunteers joining our campaign, hundreds of campaign signs going up and thousands of positive conversations with residents.

Thanks to the 100 people who turned out last night to the Kingsbury bowls club for the official launch of our state election campaign in the seats of Thomastown and Preston.

By early next week we'll have announced 88 candidates. And we're honestly chuffed to see the likes of Monica Smit describing this as 'VERY concerning'.

Victoria's healthcare system is in crisis - held together only by the self-sacrifice of the health professionals who make it run. Victorian Socialists led the fight to save cohealth community health clinics from closure, and in parliament we'd take up the fight for the entire health system.

We need radical change to fix the crisis in healthcare and build a system that values its workers and puts patients' health and wellbeing first - starting with a major investment to increase the number of hospital beds, hire more healthcare staff, and increase funding for frontline community health.

Victoria's healthcare system is in crisis - held together only by the self-sacrifice of the health professionals who make it run. Victorian Socialists led the fight to save cohealth community health clinics from closure, and in parliament we'd take up the fight for the entire health system.

Join VS members and supporters in Footscray this Saturday 17th October from 5pm at Littlefoot Bar + Kitchen to launch the campaigns of VS candidates Jasmine Duff (Footscray) and Anneke Demanuele (Western Metro). Ft. special guest speaker Professor Gary Foley.

A few pics from the last month or so of campaigning. We've knocked on more than 160,000 doors so far and had tens of thousands of conversations with residents.

Massive shout out to the hundreds of new volunteers who are helping us take a socialist message of hope, solidarity, and collective struggle for a better world to voters across the state! ✊❤🙌

Join us this Friday 16th November from 7pm at the Drill Hall to launch Victorian Socialists candidate Jordan van den Lamb's (@purplepingers.bsky.social) campaign in the seat of Melbourne.

MC'd by Safe Schools Founder Roz Ward, the launch will feature music, art and a special live presentation by Jordan about his socialist origin story and his plans for parliament. Also speaking will be Omar Hassan, the Victorian Socialists candidate for the Northern Metro.

Join us this Friday 16th November from 7pm at the Drill Hall to launch Victorian Socialists candidate Jordan van den Lamb's (@purplepingers.bsky.social) campaign in the seat of Melbourne.

Hundreds of thousands of Victorian children are living with extreme food insecurity - with many regularly skipping meals. To address this, and bring relief to working-class households, Victorian Socialists propose to implement a free lunch program for all public primary school students.

We would also end all ‘voluntary’ parent contributions for things like uniforms, devices, camps and excursions, which should be paid for out of the state’s general revenues to ensure that no child is left disadvantaged and no family is humiliated for lack of money.

Thanks to the 70+ people who turned out to the Woodlands Hotel in Coburg on Saturday afternoon to help launch VS Pascoe Vale candidate Yasemin Shamsili's campaign. 🚀✊🏼❤️

Some of our extra-large campaign signs starting to go up in prominent spots around Melbourne! We don't have the $$$ to run anywhere near the kind of paid advertising the major parties can, but we've got a strong base of support and hundreds of volunteers to help get our message out. ✊ ❤️

Victorian Socialists encourages its members and supporters to attend tomorrow's Global Day for Gaza rally - taking place at 12pm at the State Library (look out for our stall and contingent near the Sunken Library on corner Swanston & La Trobe Sts).

Israel's genocide against Palestinians in Gaza and terror campaign of ethnic cleansing in the West Bank continues, and so must our resistance! We demand an end to all weapons trade with Israel and for the Australian government to sever all ties with the Israeli terror regime.

Nice to see VS candidate for Bass Chris Jobe getting a mention in Crikey for talking sense on potholes at a recent candidate forum on Phillip Island (article link below). No doubt there will be many such moments 'halfway between sincere amusement and genuine irritation' in this campaign!

Put politicians on a worker's wage and get the big corporate interests out of parliament! The starting salary of a Victorian MP is $219,000, putting them in the richest 4 percent of income earners. Ministers get more than $390,000, putting them in the top 1 percent.

This kind of policy is one reason why major party politicians and the billionaires they serve feel threatened by socialists. They don't want anyone in parliament who is going to upset 'business as usual' and actually fight for a better deal for working-class people and the oppressed.

Put politicians on a worker's wage and get the big corporate interests out of parliament! The starting salary of a Victorian MP is $219,000, putting them in the richest 4 percent of income earners. Ministers get more than $390,000, putting them in the top 1 percent.

This, combined with the cosy relationships that develop between politicians and corporate lobbyists and other big business representatives, mean they're much more likely to identify with and look after the interests of elites than working-class people in the communities they represent.