Socialist Alliance Geelong
Help elect Sue Bull for Corio
Candidate for Corio Sue Bull
Sue Bull: “I’m 53 years old, I teach health and safety and I am sick of federal governments which promise change but deliver nothing.
“I am a committed trade unionist who is very disappointed that the Rudd government has not lived up to the promises made when the Your Rights At Work Campaign helped bring Labor to power in 2007. I also oppose changes to OHS laws which will reduce protections for workers.
“I’ve helped build many campaigns for progressive causes over the years; whether against unjust wars, for refugee and Aboriginal rights or for the environment.
“As an activist, I’m as concerned about climate change as I am about workers’ jobs. In a city like Geelong which is so dependent on carbon intensive industries like the aluminum smelter and car manufacture, I think we must develop a green jobs transition plan based on our needs not the markets. I believe that the community and the environment must come before corporate profits, big polluting industries and developers.
“The resources exist to build a very different society. The big four Australian banks 2009 pre-tax profits $23 billion. We should nationalise the banks and run them in the community interest, beginning with the re-nationalisation of the Commonwealth Bank. This might seem an 'extreme' policy to some, but let’s remember that the US and UK governments have already conducted crisis nationalisations and that the ALP has supported this policy in the past.
“If banks can be nationalised to save the capitalist system, they can be nationalised to serve the community.”
“I am a committed trade unionist who is very disappointed that the Rudd government has not lived up to the promises made when the Your Rights At Work Campaign helped bring Labor to power in 2007. I also oppose changes to OHS laws which will reduce protections for workers.
“I’ve helped build many campaigns for progressive causes over the years; whether against unjust wars, for refugee and Aboriginal rights or for the environment.
“As an activist, I’m as concerned about climate change as I am about workers’ jobs. In a city like Geelong which is so dependent on carbon intensive industries like the aluminum smelter and car manufacture, I think we must develop a green jobs transition plan based on our needs not the markets. I believe that the community and the environment must come before corporate profits, big polluting industries and developers.
“The resources exist to build a very different society. The big four Australian banks 2009 pre-tax profits $23 billion. We should nationalise the banks and run them in the community interest, beginning with the re-nationalisation of the Commonwealth Bank. This might seem an 'extreme' policy to some, but let’s remember that the US and UK governments have already conducted crisis nationalisations and that the ALP has supported this policy in the past.
“If banks can be nationalised to save the capitalist system, they can be nationalised to serve the community.”