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A socialist voice in elections. Electoral content authorised by C. Oakley, Victorian Socialists, 83 Sydney Rd, Brunswick 3056.

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Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 2h
VS candidate for Pascoe Vale Yasemin Shamsili was out early this morning supporting striking Merri-Bek council workers - members of the Australian Services Union - fighting for a better deal than the real wage cut of 2.75% that's currently on the table. Solidarity with these legends! ✊ ❤️ 🙌
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Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 21h
VOTE '1' Victorian Socialists for a healthcare system, and a society, that puts people before profit. pledge.victoriansocialists.org.au
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Pledge to vote socialist
This November's state election will be a pivotal moment in Australian politics, and the outcome will shape our society for years to come.
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Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 21h
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.
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Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 21h
Since Labor came to power in 2014, the number of hospital beds per 1,000 people has declined. For those aged over 65 - it's down by 12 percent. Any paramedic, nurse, doctor or mental health worker could tell you: statistics like these are just the tip of the iceberg.
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Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 21h
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.
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Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 23h
Hear from and chat with Jasmine and Anneke, meet members of our local branch, and find out how you can get involve in our historic campaign! Tickets here: www.victoriansocialists.org.au/events/2819
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Footscray Campaign Launch – Victorian Socialists
Join us as we launch our campaign to get Jasmine Duff elected to the lower house of Victorian Parliament, and Anneke Demanuele to the upper house in the November state election.
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Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 23h
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 graphic advertising the VS Footscray campaign launch featuring photos of VS candidates Jasmine Duff and Anneke Demanuele alongside Aboriginal activist and historian Professor Gary Foley on a colourful montage background.
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Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Join us and get involved! www.victoriansocialists.org.au/join
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Join – Victorian Socialists
Endless war, growing inequality, and environmental destruction: this is the reality of capitalism today. Many are struggling just to maintain the bare necessities - like secure housing, education,…
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Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
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! ✊❤🙌
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Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
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.
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Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Grab your ticket today and come along to help us launch our campaign in style! www.victoriansocialists.org.au/events/2770
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Pingers4Parliament Campaign Launch – Victorian Socialists
Come along for an inspiring evening to launch Jordan van den Lamb's campaign for parliament! Featuring Jordan and upper house candidate Omar Hassan MC'd by the marvellous Roz Ward.
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Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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.
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Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
For years Jordan has been exposing how broken our housing system is through his website shitrentals.org and online campaigning as 'purplepingers' – now he's taking the fight against bad landlords and real estate agents to parliament.
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Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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.
A graphic advertising the campaign launch featuring a photo of Jordan van den Lamb alongside the event's MC Roz Ward and VS candidate for northern metro Omar Hassan.
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Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Grab your ticket today and come along to help us launch our campaign in style! www.victoriansocialists.org.au/events/2770
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Pingers4Parliament Campaign Launch – Victorian Socialists
Come along for an inspiring evening to launch Jordan van den Lamb's campaign for parliament! Featuring Jordan and upper house candidate Omar Hassan MC'd by the marvellous Roz Ward.
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Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Support our policies? Sign on to our 'vote socialist pledge' - rejecting the major parties and One Nation and supporting a socialist vision of society that puts people before profit and ensures everyone has what they need to live a decent life. pledge.victoriansocialists.org.au
pledge.victoriansocialists.org.au
Pledge to vote socialist
This November's state election will be a pivotal moment in Australian politics, and the outcome will shape our society for years to come.
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Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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.
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Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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.
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Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
In the coming week we're holding official launch events for our campaigns in Melbourne, Footscray and Preston/Thomastown among others. Check out our events page for details: www.victoriansocialists.org.au/events
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Events – Victorian Socialists
Fri 16 Oct @ 7:00 PM
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Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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. 🚀✊🏼❤️
VS candidate for Pascoe Vale Yasemin Shamsili speaks at the launchThe crowd at the launch listens to Yasemin's speechCampaign badges with a photo of Yasemin and the words 'Vote Socialist - Yas for Pascoe Vale'A volunteer staffs the rego desk at the launch as attendees mingle behind
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Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Want a sign for your place? Order online here: www.victoriansocialists.org.au/yard-sign
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Order a Yard Sign – Victorian Socialists
Displaying a sign advertising your local Victorian Socialists candidate out the front of your house is one of the best and easiest ways you can support our campaign.
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Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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. ✊ ❤️
A picture of two VS campaign signs attached to a fence. One sign says 'people before profit' with the VS logo at the bottom. The other has a photo of VS candidate for Footscray Jasmine DuffA picture of two VS campaign signs attached to a fence. One sign says 'tax corporations, raise wages' with the VS logo at the bottom. The other has a photo of VS candidate for Thomastown Priya ReddyA picture of two VS campaign signs attached to a fence. One sign says 'more hospital beds and healthcare staff' with the VS logo at the bottom. The other has a photo of VS candidate for Footscray Jasmine DuffA picture of two VS campaign signs attached to a fence. One sign says 'people before profit' with the VS logo at the bottom. The other has a photo of VS candidate for Thomastown Priya Reddy
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Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!
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Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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.
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Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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).
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Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
www.crikey.com.au/2026/10/08/v...
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Holding back the tide in Victoria's closest seat
With seven weeks until the Victorian state election, things on the ground are heating up. Crikey went to the state's most tightly held, and hotly contested, seat, to see whether Labor can cling on.
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Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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!
Crikey article excerpt quoting socialist candidate Jobe linking a drop in road quality to privatised maintenance under Kennett; a crowd corrects "16 years" to 27, and Jobe says, "I'm saying it's privatisation's fault."
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Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
VOTE '1' for Victorian Socialists to put people in parliament who'll take on all the big corporate and elite interests that dominate politics in this country and put the fear up billionaires like Gina Rinehart who've had everything their way for so long! pledge.victoriansocialists.org.au
pledge.victoriansocialists.org.au
Pledge to vote socialist
This November's state election will be a pivotal moment in Australian politics, and the outcome will shape our society for years to come.
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Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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.
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Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
We think politicians should be paid an average full-time worker's wage - equivalent to a 6th year nurse (currently $96,000), with increases pegged to the nurses' award. If elected, our candidates will accept only that amount and put the rest into community campaigns in the areas they represent.
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Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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.
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Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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.
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Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Support our policies? Sign on to our 'vote socialist pledge' - rejecting the major parties and One Nation and supporting a socialist vision of society that puts people before profit and ensures everyone has what they need to live a decent life. pledge.victoriansocialists.org.au
pledge.victoriansocialists.org.au
Pledge to vote socialist
This November's state election will be a pivotal moment in Australian politics, and the outcome will shape our society for years to come.
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Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Didn't need a think tank to come up with this one for us. A good idea is a good idea. 👍
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Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
See our full list of candidates announced to date here: www.victoriansocialists.org.au/candidates
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Candidates – Victorian Socialists
for Northern Metropolitan
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Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Nice write up on our candidate for Kororoit Rayan Hassan in the Melton & Moorabool Star Weekly. We're currently finalising our last candidate preselections and will be running in all 88 lower house seats and all 8 upper house regions across Victoria.
A screenshot of a headline in the Melton & Moorabool Star Weekly showing VS candidate for Kororoit Rayan Hassan and the headline - 'Meet Kororoit's Socialist candidate'
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Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Read our full housing policy on our website: www.victoriansocialists.org.au/policies/hou...
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Housing for all – Victorian Socialists
Housing should be a right, not a commodity. We’re fighting for a five-year rent freeze, 150,000 new public homes, and a ban on hoarding property.
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Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
- Establish a state bank offering loans to owner-occupiers at below market rates - Conduct a statewide audit of empty and underused property and appropriate (and where necessary refurbish) homes left empty for two years without a good reason for use as public housing
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Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Our policies put people before profit. We'll fight to: - Impose a 25 percent cut to all residential tenancies followed by a five-year rent freeze - Establish a publicly owned and run construction firm to build 150,000 energy-efficient public housing units over the next decade
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Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Victorian Socialists has a plan to fix the housing crisis and build a housing system centred on meeting human needs rather than generating profit for the big banks, developers and wealthy investors.
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Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Want one of our campaign signs for your place? Order online here: www.victoriansocialists.org.au/yard-sign
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Order a Yard Sign – Victorian Socialists
Displaying a sign advertising your local Victorian Socialists candidate out the front of your house is one of the best and easiest ways you can support our campaign.
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Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
A message from one of our supporters in Footscray who was forced to resort to a bespoke solution when someone kept tearing down the Jasmine Duff for Footscray campaign sign from their front fence. ❤️
A screenshot of an exchange on WhatsApp. A photo shows a front fence with 'Vote Jasmine Duff' written on it. The text says 'Hi Louis, it is ... from .... Someone keeps ripping off Jasmine sign. Not a problem I put up a bigger one they can't remove'.
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Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
One Nation fascists getting in early with the promise of extrajudicial punishment for their political enemies. Who else is on their list to 'disappear' if they come to power in Victoria?
A screenshot of a headline from the Herald Sun. It reads: 'In prison by Christmas': One Nation vows to lock up Dan Andrews and Jacinta Allan
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Purplepingers ☭ @purplepingers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Why I'm running for parliament - if you want to get involved, then come along to my launch! www.victoriansocialists.org.au/events/2770 youtube.com/shorts/smxk0...
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Come help me launch my campaign!
YouTube video by PurplepingersTV
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Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Support our candidates and policies? Sign on to our 'vote socialist pledge' - rejecting the major parties and One Nation and supporting a socialist vision of society that puts people before profit and ensures everyone has what they need to live a decent life. pledge.victoriansocialists.org.au
pledge.victoriansocialists.org.au
Pledge to vote socialist
This November's state election will be a pivotal moment in Australian politics, and the outcome will shape our society for years to come.
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Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"My ideas aren’t radical. They’re rural common sense. Care for land. Care for people. Build a future where everyone can live with dignity."
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Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"Welcoming migrants, opposing racism, respecting Gunaikurnai Country and protecting land, water, trees and wildlife are core values. No matter our age, race, gender, sexuality, ability or story, we are Gippslanders.
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Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"Everyone deserves secure housing, fair wages, free childcare and schools, and resourced hospitals. Gippslanders survive fire, flood, drought and epidemic as a community. My place is with workers, with families who built this region, and with anyone who relies on public services to live with dignity
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Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Amy writes: "Raised near the Great Lakes, I learned early that neighbours get through hardship together. As a young immigrant to rural Australia, I found myself among country folks who lived that same truth.
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Victorian Socialists @vicsocialists.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Introducing the Victorian Socialists candidate for Gippsland East, Amy Espeseth. Amy is a Gippsland Lakes local who has worked as a lecturer, novelist and advocate.
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