For the Billions not the Billionaires: 2021 Western Australia election campaign

2021 Western Australia state election

2021 Western Australia Socialist Alliance Candidates

wacontact@socialist-alliance.org

If elected we will reject the perks of parliamentary office and donate all income above an average worker's wage to campaigns for social change.

Australia is a wealthy country. We have the resources to guarantee everybody a decent life and to take genuine climate action. We are running in this election to help build a movement for people power not corporate power.

We seek your support as a step towards achieving the profound change that is needed and is possible. Our campaign is a contribution to that process. We need your support.

Socialist Alliance has chosen three activist candidates to take its message to Perth’s southern suburbs in the WA state election on Saturday 13 March 2021.

Policy platform

Black Lives Matter

Treaty
Real land rights
Full implementation of the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody
Independent investigatory Body for Police and Prison Guard Crimes

Housing is a Human Right

30,000 new public housing dwellings in four years
Expand public housing stock by buying out defaulting mortgage holders and allowing them to stay as tenants
Ban no-fault evictions for private tenants
Peg private residential rent increases to CPI
Private residential rentals left vacant for more than 12 months to be compulsorily managed by the Housing Authority

Climate Justice Now

WA to be net zero emissions within 10 years
Require 100% carbon offsets by the gas industry immediately
No new gas projects (onshore or offshore), phase out existing gas industry. Ban fracking
Metronet for the south west: Murdoch to Fremantle, Cockburn Central to Fremantle

Take Back the Wealth

$5/tonne iron ore royalty levy
Increase gas royalty payment

Save Freo Port

Put freight on rail, eliminate empty running by trucks, incentivise off-peak truck movements and electric trucks
Build the Freo Wind Farm
No PPP port in Kwinana