Victory for Labour in Australia | Socialist Action 1983

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THE ELECTIONS on 5 March in Australia gave a clear victory to over the Liberal-National Party coalition, with a swing of around 5 percent.

Labour won sweeping gains in all states, with the exception of conservative Tasmania. and now nas Representatives. The vital Issue in the campaign was the During the seven year term • Liberal prime minister Malcolm Fraser, unemployment has reach700,000 ten percen the highest figure sina. the 1930 depression. Inflation is at percent.

The employer have seen on the offensive, cut ting wages through phoney indexation system, like health, education and public transport. Party coalition introduced a series of sweeping anti-union laws. The swing to undoubtedl reflected the rejection of erase s wing policies.

But Labour is firmly under the leadership of the right wing. Their main plank in the election campaign was a prices and incomes policy wage restraint for short. 'charismatic' leader Bob Hawke was for ten years the right wing leader of the Australian no us. specialising in rapid settlement of strikes and workKEN LIVINGSTONE'S re-

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